The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2006:0132 advisory.

    The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.

    This is the third regular kernel update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

    New features introduced in this update include:

    - Open InfiniBand (OpenIB) support

    - Serial Attached SCSI support

    - NFS access control lists, asynchronous I/O

    - IA64 multi-core support and sgi updates

    - Large SMP CPU limits increased using the largesmp kernel: Up to 512 CPUs       in ia64, 128 in ppc64, and 64 in AMD64 and Intel EM64T

    - Improved read-ahead performance

    - Common Internet File System (CIFS) update

    - Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) modules

    - Unisys support

    There were several bug fixes in various parts of the kernel. The ongoing     effort to resolve these problems has resulted in a marked improvement     in the reliability and scalability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

    The following security bug was fixed in this update:

    - dm-crypt did not clear a structure before freeing it, which could allow     local users to discover information about cryptographic keys (CVE-2006-0095)

    The following device drivers have been upgraded to new versions:

    cciss: 2.6.8 to 2.6.8-rh1     ipmi_devintf: 33.4 to 33.11     ipmi_msghandler: 33.4 to 33.11     ipmi_poweroff: 33.4 to 33.11     ipmi_si: 33.4 to 33.11     ipmi_watchdog: 33.4 to 33.11     mptbase: 3.02.18 to 3.02.60.01rh     e1000: 6.0.54-k2-NAPI to 6.1.16-k2-NAPI     ixgb: 1.0.95-k2-NAPI to 1.0.100-k2-NAPI     tg3: 3.27-rh to 3.43-rh     aacraid: 1.1.2-lk2 to 1.1-5[2412]     ahci: 1.01 to 1.2     ata_piix: 1.03 to 1.05     iscsi_sfnet: 4:0.1.11-1 to 4:0.1.11-2     libata: 1.11 to 1.20     qla2100: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3     qla2200: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3     qla2300: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3     qla2322: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3     qla2xxx: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3     qla6312: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3     sata_nv: 0.6 to 0.8     sata_promise: 1.01 to 1.03     sata_svw: 1.06 to 1.07     sata_sx4: 0.7 to 0.8     sata_vsc: 1.0 to 1.1     cifs: 1.20 to 1.34

    Added drivers:

    bnx2: 1.4.25     dell_rbu: 0.7     hangcheck-timer: 0.9.0     ib_mthca: 0.06     megaraid_sas: 00.00.02.00     qla2400: 8.01.02-d3     typhoon: 1.5.7

    All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their     kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures     and configurations as listed in this erratum.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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RHEL 4 : Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3 (Moderate) (RHSA-2006:0132)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21033

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