SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:3014-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 143784

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Synopsis

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

Description

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

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-25643: Added range checks in ppp_cp_parse_cr() (bsc#1177206).

CVE-2020-25641: Allowed for_each_bvec to support zero len bvec (bsc#1177121).

CVE-2020-25645: Added transport ports in route lookup for geneve (bsc#1177511).

CVE-2020-0404: Fixed a linked list corruption due to an unusual root cause (bsc#1176423).

CVE-2020-0427: Fixed an out of bounds read due to a use after free (bsc#1176725).

CVE-2020-0431: Fixed an out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check (bsc#1176722).

CVE-2020-0432: Fixed an out of bounds write due to an integer overflow (bsc#1176721).

CVE-2020-14381: Fixed requeue paths such that filp was valid when dropping the references (bsc#1176011).

CVE-2020-14386: Fixed a memory corruption which could have been exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes (bsc#1176069).

CVE-2020-14390: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory write leading to memory corruption or a denial of service when changing screen size (bnc#1176235).

CVE-2020-1749: Use ip6_dst_lookup_flow instead of ip6_dst_lookup (bsc#1165629).

CVE-2020-25212: Fixed getxattr kernel panic and memory overflow (bsc#1176381).

CVE-2020-25284: Fixed an incomplete permission checking for access to rbd devices, which could have been leveraged by local attackers to map or unmap rbd block devices (bsc#1176482).

CVE-2020-26088: Fixed an improper CAP_NET_RAW check in NFC socket creation could have been used by local attackers to create raw sockets, bypassing security mechanisms (bsc#1176990).

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 Module for Realtime 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-RT-15-SP1-2020-3014=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143784

File Name: suse_SU-2020-3014-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/9/2020

Updated: 2/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25643

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-2020-14386

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ocfs2-kmp-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dlm-kmp-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cluster-md-kmp-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt_debug-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gfs2-kmp-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt_debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt-debuginfo

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: 10/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0404, CVE-2020-0427, CVE-2020-0431, CVE-2020-0432, CVE-2020-14381, CVE-2020-14386, CVE-2020-14390, CVE-2020-1749, CVE-2020-25212, CVE-2020-25284, CVE-2020-25641, CVE-2020-25643, CVE-2020-25645, CVE-2020-26088

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