The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5249 advisory.

  - kernel: Small table perturb size in the TCP source port generation algorithm can lead to information leak     (CVE-2022-1012)

  - kernel: race condition in perf_event_open leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1729)

  - kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: incorrect NFT_STATEFUL_EXPR check leads to a use-after-free (write)     (CVE-2022-1966)

  - kernel: buffer overflow in IPsec ESP transformation code (CVE-2022-27666)

  - kernel: a use-after-free write in the netfilter subsystem can lead to privilege escalation to root     (CVE-2022-32250)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2022:5249)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162652

Version 1.11

Version 1.10

Version 1.9

Version 1.11 May 25, 2023, 3:03 PM Logic Changes (Added support for ppc64le architecture)
Version 1.10 Feb 3, 2023, 4:48 AM Logic Changes (Added support for repository relative URLs)
Version 1.9 Oct 3, 2022, 3:58 PM CVSS metrics Exploit attributes