The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-2534 advisory.

    - KVM: add missing void __user COPYING CREDITS Documentation Kbuild MAINTAINERS Makefile README REPORTING-     BUGS arch block crypto drivers firmware fs include init ipc kernel lib mm net samples scripts security     sound tools uek-rpm usr virt cast to access_ok() call (Heiko Carstens) [Orabug: 16941620] {CVE-2013-1943}
    - KVM: Validate userspace_addr of memslot when registered (Takuya Yoshikawa) [Orabug: 16941620]     {CVE-2013-1943}
    - tg3: fix length overflow in VPD firmware parsing (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 16837019] {CVE-2013-1929}
    - USB: cdc-wdm: fix buffer overflow (Oliver Neukum) [Orabug: 16837003] {CVE-2013-1860}
    - block: default SCSI command filter does not accomodate commands overlap across device classes (Jamie     Iles) [Orabug: 16387136] {CVE-2012-4542}
    - mm/hotplug: correctly add new zone to all other nodes' zone lists (Jiang Liu) [Orabug: 16603569]     {CVE-2012-5517}
    - ptrace: ptrace_resume() shouldn't wake up !TASK_TRACED thread (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16405868]     {CVE-2013-0871}
    - ptrace: ensure arch_ptrace/ptrace_request can never race with SIGKILL (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16405868]     {CVE-2013-0871}
    - ptrace: introduce signal_wake_up_state() and ptrace_signal_wake_up() (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16405868]     {CVE-2013-0871}
    - Bluetooth: Fix incorrect strncpy() in hidp_setup_hid() (Anderson Lizardo) [Orabug: 16711062]     {CVE-2013-0349}
    - dccp: check ccid before dereferencing (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16711040] {CVE-2013-1827}
    - USB: io_ti: Fix NULL dereference in chase_port() (Wolfgang Frisch) [Orabug: 16425435] {CVE-2013-1774}
    - keys: fix race with concurrent install_user_keyrings() (David Howells) [Orabug: 16493369]     {CVE-2013-1792}
    - KVM: Fix bounds checking in ioapic indirect register reads (CVE-2013-1798) (Andy Honig) [Orabug:
    16710937] {CVE-2013-1798}
    - KVM: x86: fix for buffer overflow in handling of MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME (CVE-2013-1796) (Jerry Snitselaar)     [Orabug: 16710794] {CVE-2013-1796}
    - net/tun: fix ioctl() based info leaks (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2012-6547}
    - atm: fix info leak via getsockname() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2012-6546}
    - atm: fix info leak in getsockopt(SO_ATMPVC) (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2012-6546}
    - xfrm_user: fix info leak in copy_to_user_tmpl() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2012-6537}
    - xfrm_user: fix info leak in copy_to_user_policy() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2012-6537}
    - xfrm_user: fix info leak in copy_to_user_state() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2013-6537}
    - xfrm_user: return error pointer instead of NULL #2 (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2013-1826}
    - xfrm_user: return error pointer instead of NULL (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2013-1826}
    - llc: fix info leak via getsockname() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2012-6542}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel Security (ELSA-2013-2534)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68856

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Version 1.21 Nov 1, 2024, 11:44 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202411012344
Version 1.20 Oct 23, 2024, 12:00 AM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2012-4542,CVE-2012-6542,CVE-2013-1860,CVE-2013-1929,CVE-2013-1943") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2013-1943") Detection (updated detection logic) Exploit attributes ("Exploit framework canvas" changed from "True" to none) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202410230000