The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5627 advisory.

  - kernel: race condition in VT_RESIZEX ioctl when vc_cons[i].d is already NULL leading to NULL pointer     dereference (CVE-2020-36558)

  - kernel: LoadPin bypass via dm-verity table reload (CVE-2022-2503)

  - kernel: an out-of-bounds vulnerability in i2c-ismt driver (CVE-2022-2873)

  - kernel: xfrm_expand_policies() in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be dropped twice     (CVE-2022-36879)

  - kernel: use-after-free due to race condition in qdisc_graft() (CVE-2023-0590)

  - kernel: netfilter: NULL pointer dereference in nf_tables due to zeroed list head (CVE-2023-1095)

  - kernel: hash collisions in the IPv6 connection lookup table (CVE-2023-1206)

  - kernel: use-after-free vulnerability in the perf_group_detach function of the Linux Kernel Performance     Events (CVE-2023-2235)

  - kernel: ipvlan: out-of-bounds write caused by unclear skb->cb (CVE-2023-3090)

  - kernel: netfilter: use-after-free due to improper element removal in nft_pipapo_remove() (CVE-2023-4004)

  - kernel: net/sched: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the net/sched classifiers: cls_fw, cls_u32 and     cls_route (CVE-2023-4128)

  - kernel: nf_tables: stack-out-of-bounds-read in nft_byteorder_eval() (CVE-2023-35001)

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

Detections

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RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2023:5627)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182828

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.3 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.2 Jan 26, 2024, 11:18 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401262318
Version 1.1 Jan 26, 2024, 9:00 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401262100
Version 1.1 Nov 15, 2023, 2:17 PM CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-4128" to "CVE-2023-4004") Plugin Feed: 202311151417
Version 1.0 Oct 11, 2023, 12:06 AM New Plugin Feed: 202310110006