The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3852 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: tcindex: use-after-free vulnerability in traffic control index filter allows privilege     escalation (CVE-2023-1281)

    * kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nf_tables when processing batch requests can lead to privilege     escalation (CVE-2023-32233)

    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):

    * Invalid character detected by rpminspect in Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/magic-number.rst     (BZ#2208289)

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 8 : kernel (RHSA-2023:3852)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177656

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