The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4415 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nft_trans_gc_catchall_sync leads to privilege escalation     (CVE-2024-0193)

    * kernel: smb: client: fix potential OOBs in smb2_parse_contexts() (CVE-2023-52434)

    * kernel: kvm: Avoid potential UAF in LPI translation cache (CVE-2024-26598)

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

    Bug Fix(es):

    * multi-page bvec configuration for integrity payload (JIRA:RHEL-15150)

    * ipoib mcast lockup fix (JIRA:RHEL-30259)

    * Kernel panic in skb_segment (JIRA:RHEL-30560)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer 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-2024:4415)

high Nessus Plugin ID 202002

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Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Nov 7, 2024, 11:28 PM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2023-52434,CVE-2024-0193,CVE-2024-26598,CVE-2024-26673,CVE-2024-35890") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411072328
Version 1.1 Jul 9, 2024, 1:02 PM New Plugin Feed: 202407091302