The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3836 advisory.

    The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

    Security Fix(es):

    * hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IFU) (CVE-2018-12207)

    * hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA) (CVE-2019-11135)

    * Kernel: vhost_net: infinite loop while receiving packets leads to DoS (CVE-2019-3900)

    * hw: Intel GPU Denial Of Service while accessing MMIO in lower power state (CVE-2019-0154)

    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):

    * [Intel 6.10 Bug] With mWait/C-states disabled, HT on, ibrs enabled, performance impact observed on user     space benchmark (BZ#1560787)

    * kernel-2.6.32-573.60.2.el6 hangs/resets during boot in efi_enter_virtual_mode() on Xeon v2 E7-2870     (BZ#1645724)

    * Slab leak: skbuff_head_cache slab object still allocated after mcast processes are stopped and     fragments dropped after timeout errors are shown (BZ#1752536)

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 6 : kernel (RHSA-2019:3836)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 130928

Version 1.7

Version 1.5

Version 1.7 Nov 8, 2024, 2:25 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411080225
Version 1.5 Dec 6, 2022, 2:54 AM Reference Plugin Feed: 202212060254