The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3510 advisory.

    - tcp: fix use after free in tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue() (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 25374376]     {CVE-2016-6828}
    - ALSA: pcm : Call kill_fasync() in stream lock (Takashi Iwai)  [Orabug: 25231728]  {CVE-2016-9794}
    - net: avoid signed overflows for SO_{SND|RCV}BUFFORCE (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 25231758]  {CVE-2016-9793}

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-2017-3510)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96479

Version 3.14