The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0134 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: use after free in unix_stream_sendpage (CVE-2023-4622)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: reference count issue leads to use-after-free in surface handling (CVE-2023-5633)

    * kernel: netfilter: potential slab-out-of-bound access due to integer underflow (CVE-2023-42753)

    * Kernel: UAF during login when accessing the shost ipaddress (CVE-2023-2162)

    * hw amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure (CVE-2023-20569)

    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):

    * kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the latest RHEL-8.9.z1 Batch (JIRA:RHEL-17347)

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-rt (RHSA-2024:0134)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187878

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Version 1.3 Jun 4, 2024, 3:18 AM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406040318
Version 1.1 Jan 15, 2024, 4:36 PM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2022-36402,CVE-2023-2162,CVE-2023-4622,CVE-2023-5633,CVE-2023-20569,CVE-2023-42753") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202401151636
Version 1.0 Jan 10, 2024, 5:28 PM New Plugin Feed: 202401101728