The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-0897 advisory.

    - net: tls, update curr on splice as well (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-22091 RHEL-19065] {CVE-2024-0646}
    - smb: client: fix potential OOB in smb2_dump_detail() (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-21672 RHEL-19144]     {CVE-2023-6610}
    - smb: client: fix potential OOB in cifs_dump_detail() (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-21672 RHEL-19144]     {CVE-2023-6610}
    - nvmet-tcp: Fix the H2C expected PDU len calculation (Maurizio Lombardi) [RHEL-22299 RHEL-22637     RHEL-22641 RHEL-19155 RHEL-19161 RHEL-19167] {CVE-2023-6535 CVE-2023-6356 CVE-2023-6536}
    - nvmet-tcp: remove boilerplate code (Maurizio Lombardi) [RHEL-22299 RHEL-22637 RHEL-22641 RHEL-19155     RHEL-19161 RHEL-19167] {CVE-2023-6535 CVE-2023-6356 CVE-2023-6536}
    - nvmet-tcp: fix a crash in nvmet_req_complete() (Maurizio Lombardi) [RHEL-22299 RHEL-22637 RHEL-22641     RHEL-19155 RHEL-19161 RHEL-19167] {CVE-2023-6535 CVE-2023-6356 CVE-2023-6536}
    - nvmet-tcp: Fix a kernel panic when host sends an invalid H2C PDU length (Maurizio Lombardi) [RHEL-22299     RHEL-22637 RHEL-22641 RHEL-19155 RHEL-19161 RHEL-19167] {CVE-2023-6535 CVE-2023-6356 CVE-2023-6536}
    - netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: skip inactive elements during set walk (Florian Westphal) [RHEL-20698     RHEL-19721] {CVE-2023-6817}
    - smb: client: fix OOB in smbCalcSize() (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-21662 RHEL-18990] {CVE-2023-6606}
    - HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values() (Desnes Nunes) [RHEL-19274 RHEL-19237]     {CVE-2023-1073}
    - x86/sev: Check for user-space IOIO pointing to kernel space (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-18014     RHEL-14978] {CVE-2023-46813}
    - x86/sev: Check IOBM for IOIO exceptions from user-space (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-18014 RHEL-14978]     {CVE-2023-46813}
    - x86/sev: Disable MMIO emulation from user mode (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-18014 RHEL-14978]     {CVE-2023-46813}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2024-0897)

high Nessus Plugin ID 191697

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.2 Nov 2, 2024, 5:10 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202411020510
Version 1.1 Sep 22, 2024, 3:24 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202409220324
Version 1.0 Mar 7, 2024, 8:11 PM New Plugin Feed: 202403072011