The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0403 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: bpf: Incorrect verifier pruning leads to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe     (CVE-2023-2163)

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

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

    * kernel: Race Condition leading to UAF in Unix Socket could happen in sk_receive_queue (BZ#2230094)

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

    * hw: amd: Cross-Process Information Leak (CVE-2023-20593)

    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.

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-2024:0403)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 189553

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.3 Nov 7, 2024, 11:28 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 9.3) CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 threat vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/E:P") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411072328
Version 1.2 Jun 4, 2024, 3:18 AM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406040318
Version 1.1 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.0 Jan 26, 2024, 12:01 AM New Plugin Feed: 202401260001