SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:3718-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 143633

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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.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-15436: Fixed a use after free vulnerability in fs/block_dev.c which could have allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (bsc#1179141).

CVE-2020-15437: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference which could have allowed local users to cause a denial of service(bsc#1179140).

CVE-2020-25669: Fixed a use-after-free read in sunkbd_reinit() (bsc#1178182).

CVE-2020-27777: Restrict RTAS requests from userspace (bsc#1179107).

CVE-2020-28915: Fixed a buffer over-read in the fbcon code which could have been used by local attackers to read kernel memory (bsc#1178886).

CVE-2020-28974: Fixed a slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon which could have been used by local attackers to read privileged information or potentially crash the kernel (bsc#1178589).

CVE-2020-29371: Fixed uninitialized memory leaks to userspace (bsc#1179429).

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-SP1-2020-3718=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP1-2020-3718=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP1-2020-3718=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2020-3718=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-3718=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP1-2020-3718=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143633

File Name: suse_SU-2020-3718-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/9/2020

Updated: 2/6/2024

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27777

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25669

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-devel-debuginfo, 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-obs-build, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-obs-build-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-man, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:reiserfs-kmp-default, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 12/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15436, CVE-2020-15437, CVE-2020-25669, CVE-2020-27777, CVE-2020-28915, CVE-2020-28974, CVE-2020-29371

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