The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.2 does not zero out the unused memory region in the     extent tree block, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading uninitialized     data in the filesystem. (CVE-2019-11833)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2043 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * Kernel: vhost_net: infinite loop while receiving packets leads to DoS (CVE-2019-3900)

    * Kernel: page cache side channel attacks (CVE-2019-5489)

    * kernel: Buffer overflow in hidp_process_report (CVE-2018-9363)

    * kernel: l2tp: Race condition between pppol2tp_session_create() and l2tp_eth_create() (CVE-2018-9517)

    * kernel: kvm: guest userspace to guest kernel write (CVE-2018-10853)

    * kernel: use-after-free Read in vhost_transport_send_pkt (CVE-2018-14625)

    * kernel: use-after-free in ucma_leave_multicast in drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c (CVE-2018-14734)

    * kernel: Mishandling of indirect calls weakens Spectre mitigation for paravirtual guests (CVE-2018-15594)

    * kernel: TLB flush happens too late on mremap (CVE-2018-18281)

    * kernel: Heap address information leak while using L2CAP_GET_CONF_OPT (CVE-2019-3459)

    * kernel: Heap address information leak while using L2CAP_PARSE_CONF_RSP (CVE-2019-3460)

    * kernel: denial of service vector through vfio DMA mappings (CVE-2019-3882)

    * kernel: fix race condition between mmget_not_zero()/get_task_mm() and core dumping (CVE-2019-11599)

    * kernel: a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c leading to DoS     (CVE-2019-11810)

    * kernel: fs/ext4/extents.c leads to information disclosure (CVE-2019-11833)

    * kernel: Information exposure in fd_locked_ioctl function in drivers/block/floppy.c (CVE-2018-7755)

    * kernel: Memory leak in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:hwsim_new_radio_nl() can lead to potential     denial of service (CVE-2018-8087)

    * kernel: HID: debug: Buffer overflow in hid_debug_events_read() in drivers/hid/hid-debug.c     (CVE-2018-9516)

    * kernel: Integer overflow in the alarm_timer_nsleep function (CVE-2018-13053)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in lookup_slow function (CVE-2018-13093)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in xfs_da_shrink_inode function (CVE-2018-13094)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c (CVE-2018-13095)

    * kernel: Information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status (CVE-2018-16658)

    * kernel: out-of-bound read in memcpy_fromiovecend() (CVE-2018-16885)

    * Kernel: KVM: leak of uninitialized stack contents to guest (CVE-2019-7222)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2019-11477: A sequence of SACKs may have been crafted such that one can trigger an integer overflow, leading to a kernel panic.

CVE-2019-11478: It was possible to send a crafted sequence of SACKs which will fragment the TCP retransmission queue. An attacker may have been able to further exploit the fragmented queue to cause an expensive linked-list walk for subsequent SACKs received for that same TCP connection.

CVE-2019-11479: An attacker could force the Linux kernel to segment its responses into multiple TCP segments. This would drastically increased the bandwidth required to deliver the same amount of data.
Further, it would consume additional resources such as CPU and NIC processing power.

CVE-2019-3846: A flaw that allowed an attacker to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges was found in the mwifiex kernel module while connecting to a malicious wireless network. (bnc#1136424)

CVE-2019-12382: An issue was discovered in drm_load_edid_firmware in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c in the Linux kernel, there was an unchecked kstrdup of fwstr, which might have allowed an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash).
(bnc#1136586)

CVE-2019-5489: The mincore() implementation in mm/mincore.c in the Linux kernel allowed local attackers to observe page cache access patterns of other processes on the same system, potentially allowing sniffing of secret information. (Fixing this affects the output of the fincore program.) Limited remote exploitation may have been possible, as demonstrated by latency differences in accessing public files from an Apache HTTP Server. (bnc#1120843)

CVE-2019-11487: The Linux kernel allowed page reference count overflow, with resultant use-after-free issues, if about 140 GiB of RAM existed. It could have occured with FUSE requests. (bnc#1133190)

CVE-2019-11833: fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel did not zero out the unused memory region in the extent tree block, which might have allowed local users to obtain sensitive information by reading uninitialized data in the filesystem. (bnc#1135281)

CVE-2018-7191: In the tun subsystem in the Linux kernel, dev_get_valid_name was not called before register_netdevice. This allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via an ioctl(TUNSETIFF) call with a dev name containing a / character. (bnc#1135603)

CVE-2019-11085: Insufficient input validation in Kernel Mode Driver in i915 Graphics for Linux may have allowed an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
(bnc#1135278)

CVE-2019-11815: An issue was discovered in rds_tcp_kill_sock in net/rds/tcp.c in the Linux kernel There was a race condition leading to a use-after-free, related to net namespace cleanup. (bnc#1134537)

CVE-2019-11884: The do_hidp_sock_ioctl function in net/bluetooth/hidp/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed a local user to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a hidPCONNADD command, because a name field may not end with a '\0' character. (bnc#1134848)

CVE-2019-11486: The Siemens R3964 line discipline driver in drivers/tty/n_r3964.c in the Linux kernel had multiple race conditions. (bnc#1133188)

CVE-2019-10124: An attacker could exploit an issue in the hwpoison implementation to cause a denial of service (BUG). (bsc#1130699)

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz),     the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel     handles the basic functions of the operating system:
    memory allocation, process allocation, device input and     output, etc. Security Fix(es):An excessive resource     consumption flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's networking subsystem processed TCP segments.
    If the Maximum Segment Size (MSS) of a TCP connection     was set to low values, such as 48 bytes, it can leave     as little as 8 bytes for the user data, which     significantly increases the Linux kernel's resource     (CPU, Memory, and Bandwidth) utilization. A remote     attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of     service (DoS) by repeatedly sending network traffic on     a TCP connection with low TCP MSS.(CVE-2019-11479)An     excessive resource consumption flaw was found in the     way the Linux kernel's networking subsystem processed     TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) segments. While     processing SACK segments, the Linux kernel's socket     buffer (SKB) data structure becomes fragmented, which     leads to increased resource utilization to traverse and     process these fragments as further SACK segments are     received on the same TCP connection. A remote attacker     could use this flaw to cause a denial of service (DoS)     by sending a crafted sequence of SACK segments on a TCP     connection.(CVE-2019-11478)An integer overflow flaw was     found in the way the Linux kernel's networking     subsystem processed TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK)     segments. While processing SACK segments, the Linux     kernel's socket buffer (SKB) data structure becomes     fragmented. Each fragment is about TCP maximum segment     size (MSS) bytes. To efficiently process SACK blocks,     the Linux kernel merges multiple fragmented SKBs into     one, potentially overflowing the variable holding the     number of segments. A remote attacker could use this     flaw to crash the Linux kernel by sending a crafted     sequence of SACK segments on a TCP connection with     small value of TCP MSS, resulting in a denial of     service (DoS).(CVE-2019-11477)A flaw was found in the     Linux kernel's implementation of ext4 extent     management. The kernel doesn't correctly initialize     memory regions in the extent tree block which may be     exported to a local user to obtain sensitive     information by reading empty/uninitialized data from     the filesystem.(CVE-2019-11833)** DISPUTED ** An issue     was discovered in drm_load_edid_firmware in     drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c in the Linux kernel     through 5.1.5. There is an unchecked kstrdup of fwstr,     which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash).
    NOTE: The vendor disputes this issues as not being a     vulnerability because kstrdup() returning NULL is     handled sufficiently and there is no chance for a NULL     pointer dereference.(CVE-2019-12382)Note1:
    kernel-4.19.36-vhulk1907.1.0.h529 and earlier versions     in EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 return     incorrect time information when executing the uname -a     command.Note2: The kernel version number naming format     has been changed after 4.19.36-1.2.184.aarch64, the new     version format is 4.19.36-vhulk1907.1.0.hxxx.aarch64,     which may lead to false positives of this security     advisory.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3517 advisory.

    The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: nfs: use-after-free in svc_process_common() (CVE-2018-16884)

    * Kernel: vhost_net: infinite loop while receiving packets leads to DoS (CVE-2019-3900)

    * Kernel: page cache side channel attacks (CVE-2019-5489)

    * hardware: bluetooth: BR/EDR encryption key negotiation attacks (KNOB) (CVE-2019-9506)

    * kernel: Heap overflow in mwifiex_uap_parse_tail_ies function in     drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/ie.c (CVE-2019-10126)

    * Kernel: KVM: OOB memory access via mmio ring buffer (CVE-2019-14821)

    * kernel: Information Disclosure in crypto_report_one in crypto/crypto_user.c (CVE-2018-19854)

    * kernel: usb: missing size check in the __usb_get_extra_descriptor() leading to DoS (CVE-2018-20169)

    * kernel: Heap address information leak while using L2CAP_GET_CONF_OPT (CVE-2019-3459)

    * kernel: Heap address information leak while using L2CAP_PARSE_CONF_RSP (CVE-2019-3460)

    * kernel: SCTP socket buffer memory leak leading to denial of service (CVE-2019-3874)

    * kernel: denial of service vector through vfio DMA mappings (CVE-2019-3882)

    * kernel: null-pointer dereference in hci_uart_set_flow_control (CVE-2019-10207)

    * kernel: fix race condition between mmget_not_zero()/get_task_mm() and core dumping (CVE-2019-11599)

    * kernel: fs/ext4/extents.c leads to information disclosure (CVE-2019-11833)

    * kernel: sensitive information disclosure from kernel stack memory via HIDPCONNADD command     (CVE-2019-11884)

    * kernel: use-after-free in arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c (CVE-2019-13233)

    * kernel: memory leak in register_queue_kobjects() in net/core/net-sysfs.c leads to denial of service     (CVE-2019-15916)

    * kernel: Linux stack ASLR implementation Integer overflow (CVE-2015-1593)

    * kernel: oob memory read in hso_probe in drivers/net/usb/hso.c (CVE-2018-19985)

    * Kernel: KVM: leak of uninitialized stack contents to guest (CVE-2019-7222)

    * Kernel: net: weak IP ID generation leads to remote device tracking (CVE-2019-10638)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
222566	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-11833	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	3/4/2025	medium
127655	RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2019:2043)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	8/12/2019	11/6/2024	high
125996	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:1535-1) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/18/2019	5/15/2024	high
126544	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1702)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	7/9/2019	12/6/2022	medium
130547	RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2019:3517)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/6/2019	4/15/2025	critical

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