The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1891 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: nfs: use-after-free in svc_process_common() (CVE-2018-16884)

    * kernel: insufficient input validation in kernel mode driver in Intel i915 graphics leads to privilege     escalation (CVE-2019-11085)

    * kernel: nfs: NULL pointer dereference due to an anomalized NFS message sequence (CVE-2018-16871)

    * kernel: use-after-free in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c, ipmi_si_mem_io.c, ipmi_si_port_io.c     (CVE-2019-11811)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * kernel-rt: update to the RHEL7.6.z batch#6 source tree (BZ#1718400)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

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RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2019:1891)

high Nessus Plugin ID 127623

Version 1.9

Version 1.8

Version 1.9 Nov 7, 2024, 2:42 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411070242
Version 1.8 Nov 5, 2024, 12:50 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202411051250