The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-3055 advisory.

    - KVM: x86: SYSENTER emulation is broken (Nadav Amit)  [Orabug: 21502741]  {CVE-2015-0239} {CVE-2015-0239}
    - x86/tls: Validate TLS entries to protect espfix (Andy Lutomirski)  [Orabug: 20223778]  {CVE-2014-8133}
    - fs: take i_mutex during prepare_binprm for set[ug]id executables (Jann Horn)  [Orabug: 21502256]     {CVE-2015-3339}

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 (ELSA-2015-3055)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85176

Version 2.14