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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:2142-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 102475
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.61 to the following security updates :- CVE-2017-1000111: fix race condition in net-packet code that could be exploited to cause out-of-bounds memory access (bsc#1052365).
- CVE-2017-1000112: fix race condition in net-packet code that could have been exploited by unprivileged users to gain root access. (bsc#1052311).
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.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-1327=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1327=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2017-1327=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1052311
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1052365
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000111/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 102475
File Name: suse_SU-2017-2142-1.nasl
Version: 3.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 8/14/2017
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-xen-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-xen-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-xen-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_86-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-xen-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_86-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-man
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2017
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Metasploit (Linux Kernel UDP Fragmentation Offset (UFO) Privilege Escalation)