The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:0017 advisory.

  - hw: cpu: speculative execution branch target injection (CVE-2017-5715)

  - hw: cpu: speculative execution bounds-check bypass (CVE-2017-5753)

  - hw: cpu: speculative execution permission faults handling (CVE-2017-5754)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

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RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2018:0017)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105533

Version 3.20

Version 3.19

Version 3.20 Apr 28, 2024, 1:01 AM CVSSv2 score source (set to "CVE-2017-5754") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202404280101
Version 3.19 Aug 11, 2023, 10:11 AM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202308111011