The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3460 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: netfilter: nf_tables: mark set as dead when unbinding anonymous set with timeout     (CVE-2024-26643)

    * kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: disallow anonymous set with timeout flag (CVE-2024-26642)

    * kernel: netfilter: nft_ct: sanitize layer 3 and 4 protocol number in custom expectations     (CVE-2024-26673)

    * kernel: ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref (CVE-2024-26735)

    * kernel: net: ip_tunnel: prevent perpetual headroom growth (CVE-2024-26804)

    * kernel: cifs: fix underflow in parse_server_interfaces() (CVE-2024-26828)

    * kernel: fs: sysfs: Fix reference leak in sysfs_break_active_protection() (CVE-2024-26993)

    Bug Fix:

    * kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the latest RHEL-9.2 ad hoc schedule build (JIRA:RHEL-36221)

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-rt (RHSA-2024:3460)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 198061

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Nov 7, 2024, 11:28 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 8.5) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C") 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 1.1 May 29, 2024, 5:41 PM New Plugin Feed: 202405291741