The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0432 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: xfrm_expand_policies() in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount     to be dropped twice (CVE-2022-36879)

    * kernel: null-ptr-deref vulnerabilities in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip     (CVE-2022-41858)

    * kernel: use-after-free caused by invalid pointer hostname in fs/cifs/connect.c     (CVE-2023-1195)

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

    * kernel: use after free in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c due to race     (CVE-2023-3567)

    * kernel: use-after-free in netfilter: nf_tables (CVE-2023-3777)

    * kernel: net/sched: sch_hfsc UAF (CVE-2023-4623)

    * kernel: use after free in nvmet_tcp_free_crypto in NVMe (CVE-2023-5178)

    * kernel: IGB driver inadequate buffer size for frames larger than MTU     (CVE-2023-45871)

    * kernel: SEV-ES local priv escalation (CVE-2023-46813)

    Bug Fix(es):

    * RHEL 9 Hyper-V: Excessive hv_storvsc driver logging with srb_status     SRB_STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR  (0x30)

    * RHEL9.0 - s390/qeth: NET2016 - fix use-after-free in HSCI

    * DM multipath showing failed path for an nvme-o-FC LUN when performing I/O     operations

    * XFS: sync to upstream v5.15

    * AMDSERVER 9.4 Bug, Turin: Support larger microcode patches

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 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:0432)

high Nessus Plugin ID 189570

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

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Version 1.0

Version 1.4 Nov 7, 2024, 11:28 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411072328
Version 1.3 Jun 19, 2024, 9:24 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 9.0) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 8.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") Plugin Feed: 202406190924
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