The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0833 advisory.

  - kernel: proc: protect mm start_code/end_code in /proc/pid/stat (CVE-2011-0726)

  - kernel: bt sco_conninfo infoleak (CVE-2011-1078)

  - kernel: bnep device field missing NULL terminator (CVE-2011-1079)

  - kernel: ebtables stack infoleak (CVE-2011-1080)

  - kernel: dccp: fix oops on Reset after close (CVE-2011-1093)

  - kernel: fs/partitions: Corrupted OSF partition table infoleak (CVE-2011-1163)

  - kernel: xen: x86_64: fix error checking in arch_set_info_guest() (CVE-2011-1166)

  - kernel: ipv4: netfilter: arp_tables: fix infoleak to userspace (CVE-2011-1170)

  - kernel: ipv4: netfilter: ip_tables: fix infoleak to userspace (CVE-2011-1171)

  - kernel: ipv6: netfilter: ip6_tables: fix infoleak to userspace (CVE-2011-1172)

  - kernel: drivers/scsi/mpt2sas: prevent heap overflows (CVE-2011-1494, CVE-2011-1495)

  - kernel: corrupted GUID partition tables can cause kernel oops (CVE-2011-1577)

  - kernel: xen: improper upper boundary check in get_free_port() function (CVE-2011-1763)

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 5 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0833)

high Nessus Plugin ID 54925

Version 1.26