CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
Update kernel from version 2.6.27.7 to 2.6.27.9:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.8 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.9 Also includes three critical fixes scheduled for 2.6.27.10 Update applesmc driver to latest upstream version. (Adds module autoloading.) Update ALSA audio drivers to version 1.0.18a. (See www.alsa-project.org for details.) Security fixes: CVE-2008-5079 in 2.6.27.9 CVE-2008-5182 in 2.6.27.8 CVE-2008-5300 in 2.6.27.8
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2008-11593.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(37568);
script_version("1.16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5079", "CVE-2008-5182", "CVE-2008-5300");
script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2008-11593");
script_name(english:"Fedora 10 : kernel-2.6.27.9-159.fc10 (2008-11593)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Update kernel from version 2.6.27.7 to 2.6.27.9:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.8
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.9 Also
includes three critical fixes scheduled for 2.6.27.10 Update applesmc
driver to latest upstream version. (Adds module autoloading.) Update
ALSA audio drivers to version 1.0.18a. (See www.alsa-project.org for
details.) Security fixes: CVE-2008-5079 in 2.6.27.9 CVE-2008-5182 in
2.6.27.8 CVE-2008-5300 in 2.6.27.8
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
);
# http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.8
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8f8e56b1"
);
# http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.9
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?7612a49a"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472325"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473259"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473696"
);
# https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2008-December/018236.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?83188a85"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected kernel package."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
script_cwe_id(362, 399);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/12/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/04/23");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^10([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 10.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC10", reference:"kernel-2.6.27.9-159.fc10")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kernel");
}
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5079
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5182
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5300
www.nessus.org/u?7612a49a
www.nessus.org/u?83188a85
www.nessus.org/u?8f8e56b1
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472325
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473259
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473696