The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0162 advisory.

  - kernel: tipc: heap overflow in tipc_msg_build() (CVE-2010-3859)

  - kernel: net/packet/af_packet.c: reading uninitialized stack memory (CVE-2010-3876)

  - kernel: ipc/shm.c: reading uninitialized stack memory (CVE-2010-4072)

  - kernel: ipc/compat*.c: reading uninitialized stack memory (CVE-2010-4073)

  - kernel: drivers/serial/serial_core.c: reading uninitialized stack memory (CVE-2010-4075)

  - kernel: drivers/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c: reading uninitialized stack memory (CVE-2010-4080)

  - kernel: ipc/sem.c: reading uninitialized stack memory (CVE-2010-4083)

  - kernel: gdth: integer overflow in ioc_general() (CVE-2010-4157)

  - kernel: socket filters infoleak (CVE-2010-4158)

  - kernel: missing tty ops write function presence check in hci_uart_tty_open() (CVE-2010-4242)

  - kernel: unix socket local dos (CVE-2010-4249)

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 4 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0162)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51569

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