Fedora Core 12 FEDORA-2009-13039 (kernel)

Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the kernel announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-13039.
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates. This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update kernel' at the command line. For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-13039
Insight
Update Information: CVE-2009-4131: EXT4 - fix insufficient permission checking which could result in arbitrary data corruption by a local unprivileged user. ChangeLog: * Wed Dec 9 2009 Kyle McMartin 2.6.31.6-166 - ext4-fix-insufficient-checks-in-EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT.patch: CVE-2009-4131 fix insufficient permission checking which could result in arbitrary data corruption by a local unprivileged user.
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