The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5672 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported (CVE-2023-52463)

    * kernel: igc: avoid returning frame twice in XDP_REDIRECT (CVE-2024-26853)

    * kernel: mm/hugetlb: fix missing hugetlb_lock for resv uncharge (CVE-2024-36000)

    * kernel: bpf, sockmap: Don't let sock_map_{close,destroy,unhash} call itself (CVE-2023-52735)

    * kernel: net: fix out-of-bounds access in ops_init (CVE-2024-36883)

    * kernel: net/mlx5e: Fix netif state handling (CVE-2024-38608)

    * kernel: net/sched: act_api: fix possible infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc() (CVE-2024-40995)

    * kernel: virtio-net: tap: mlx5_core short frame denial of service (CVE-2024-41090)

    * kernel: virtio-net: tun: mlx5_core short frame denial of service (CVE-2024-41091)

    * kernel: NFSv4: Fix memory leak in nfs4_set_security_label (CVE-2024-41076)

    * kernel: ice: Don't process extts if PTP is disabled (CVE-2024-42107)

    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-2024:5672)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206196

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 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 Reference Plugin Feed: 202411080519
Version 1.1 Aug 26, 2024, 1:43 AM New Plugin Feed: 202408260143