The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-9037 advisory.

    - netfilter: add and use nf_hook_slow_list() (Florian Westphal)  [Orabug: 32372530]  {CVE-2021-20177}
    - target: fix XCOPY NAA identifier lookup (David Disseldorp)  [Orabug: 32248035]  {CVE-2020-28374}
    - mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start (Zhang Xiaohui)  [Orabug:
    32349203]  {CVE-2020-36158}
    - tty: Fix ->session locking (Jann Horn)  [Orabug: 32266677]  {CVE-2020-29660}
    - tty: Fix ->pgrp locking in tiocspgrp() (Jann Horn)  [Orabug: 32266677]  {CVE-2020-29660}
    - xen-blkback: set ring->xenblkd to NULL after kthread_stop() (Pawel Wieczorkiewicz)  [Orabug: 32260252]     {CVE-2020-29569}
    - xenbus/xenbus_backend: Disallow pending watch messages (SeongJae Park)  [Orabug: 32253409]     {CVE-2020-29568}
    - xen/xenbus: Count pending messages for each watch (SeongJae Park)  [Orabug: 32253409]  {CVE-2020-29568}
    - xen/xenbus/xen_bus_type: Support will_handle watch callback (SeongJae Park)  [Orabug: 32253409]     {CVE-2020-29568}
    - xen/xenbus: Add 'will_handle' callback support in xenbus_watch_path() (SeongJae Park)  [Orabug:
    32253409]  {CVE-2020-29568}
    - xen/xenbus: Allow watches discard events before queueing (SeongJae Park)  [Orabug: 32253409]     {CVE-2020-29568}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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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Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9037)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148549

Version 1.6