The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1350 advisory.

  - kernel: tpm infoleaks (CVE-2011-1160)

  - kernel: agp: insufficient pg_start parameter checking in AGPIOC_BIND and AGPIOC_UNBIND ioctls     (CVE-2011-1745, CVE-2011-2022)

  - kernel: agp: insufficient page_count parameter checking in agp_allocate_memory() (CVE-2011-1746)

  - kernel: ecryptfs: mount source TOCTOU race (CVE-2011-1833)

  - kernel: taskstats: duplicate entries in listener mode can lead to DoS (CVE-2011-2484)

  - kernel: mm: avoid wrapping vm_pgoff in mremap() and stack expansions (CVE-2011-2496)

  - kernel: perf, x86: fix Intel fixed counters base initialization (CVE-2011-2521)

  - kernel: gro: only reset frag0 when skb can be pulled (CVE-2011-2723)

  - kernel: af_packet: infoleak (CVE-2011-2898)

  - kernel: perf: Fix software event overflow (CVE-2011-2918)

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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RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:1350)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56404

Version 1.21