RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2011:1813)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1813 advisory. - kernel: sctp dos CVE-2011-2482 - kernel: rpc task leak after flocking NFS share CVE-2011-2491 - kernel: /proc/PID/io infoleak CVE-2011-249...

CVE-2011-2517

Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability during scan operations with a long SSID value...