The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3461 advisory.

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

    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(es):

    * lan78xx changes for 9.2.z, to fix link speed change exception and other bug fixes (JIRA:RHEL-34926)

    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 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:3461)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 198062

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Nov 7, 2024, 8:25 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: 202411072025
Version 1.1 May 29, 2024, 5:41 PM New Plugin Feed: 202405291741