The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0980 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_connect and l2cap_le_connect_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c     (CVE-2022-42896)

    * kernel: use-after-free in sch_qfq network scheduler (CVE-2023-4921)

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

    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.

Detections

Analytics

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2024:0980)

high Nessus Plugin ID 191028

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.3 Nov 8, 2024, 5:19 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411080519
Version 1.2 Jun 4, 2024, 7:00 PM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406041900
Version 1.1 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.0 Feb 27, 2024, 7:13 AM New Plugin Feed: 202402270713