The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6813 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: net/sched: cls_u32 component reference counter leak if tcf_change_indev() fails (CVE-2023-3609)

    * kernel: net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited as result of failure in tcf_change_indev function     (CVE-2023-3776)

    * kernel: tun: bugs for oversize packet when napi frags enabled in tun_napi_alloc_frags (CVE-2023-3812)

    * kernel: netfilter: NULL pointer dereference in nf_tables due to zeroed list head (CVE-2023-1095)

    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):

    * netfilter: RHEL 8.8 phase 2 backports from upstream (BZ#2236820)

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-2023:6813)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 185356

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