The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-29621 advisory.

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before     4.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that     is mishandled during error processing. (CVE-2016-7117)

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

This plugin has been deprecated as it is a duplicate of oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2962-1.nasl (plugin ID 95977).

Plugin Deprecated

This plugin has been deprecated and is no longer functional.