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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:0326-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122113

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_128 fixes one issue.

The following security issue was fixed :

CVE-2018-16884: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS41+ subsystem. NFS41+ shares mounted in different network namespaces at the same time could make bc_svc_process() use wrong back-channel IDs and cause a use-after-free vulnerability. Thus a malicious container user could cause a host kernel memory corruption and a system panic.
Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out (bsc#1119947).

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 the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2019-321=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2019-322=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2019-323=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2019-324=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2019-325=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2019-326=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2019-327=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2019-328=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1119947

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16884/

http://www.nessus.org/u?b176abd4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122113

File Name: suse_SU-2019-0326-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/12/2019

Updated: 6/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16884

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_136-default, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_122-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_133-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_141-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_125-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_136-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_146-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_125-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_119-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_119-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_128-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_146-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_133-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_128-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_141-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_122-xen

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16884