SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:1744-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 126499

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Synopsis

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

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

This update adds support for the Hygon Dhyana CPU (fate#327735).

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2019-12614: An issue was discovered in dlpar_parse_cc_property in arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c. There was an unchecked kstrdup of prop->name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) (bnc#1137194).

CVE-2018-16871: A NULL pointer dereference due to an anomalized NFS message sequence was fixed. (bnc#1137103).

CVE-2019-12817: On the PowerPC architecture, local attackers could access other users processes memory (bnc#1138263).

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.

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 Workstation Extension 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP1-2019-1744=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2019-1744=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP1-2019-1744=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP1-2019-1744=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2019-1744=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-1744=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP1-2019-1744=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126499

File Name: suse_SU-2019-1744-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/5/2019

Updated: 1/13/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12817

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-vanilla-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-vanilla-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-vanilla-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-vanilla-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-man, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-kvmsmall-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-man, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kselftests-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-kvmsmall-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-vanilla-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-vanilla-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-kvmsmall, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-vanilla-livepatch-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-livepatch, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-vanilla, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-debug-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-obs-qa, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-debug-livepatch-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-kvmsmall-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-obs-build-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-debug-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-obs-build, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-debug-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:reiserfs-kmp-default

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: 7/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16871, CVE-2019-12614, CVE-2019-12817

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