SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:3798-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 144259

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Synopsis

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Description

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

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2018-20669: Fixed an improper check i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c (bsc#1122971).

CVE-2019-20934: Fixed a use-after-free in show_numa_stats() because NUMA fault statistics were inappropriately freed, aka CID-16d51a590a8c (bsc#1179663).

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-2020-27786: Fixed a use after free in kernel midi subsystem snd_rawmidi_kernel_read1() (bsc#1179601).

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, aka CID-3c4e0dff2095 (bsc#1178589).

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

CVE-2020-4788: Fixed an issue with IBM Power9 processors could have allowed a local user to obtain sensitive information from the data in the L1 cache under extenuating circumstances (bsc#1177666).

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-SP1-2020-3798=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 144259

File Name: suse_SU-2020-3798-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/15/2020

Updated: 2/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

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-2020-27786

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

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: 12/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20669, CVE-2019-20934, CVE-2020-15436, CVE-2020-15437, CVE-2020-25669, CVE-2020-27777, CVE-2020-27786, CVE-2020-28915, CVE-2020-28974, CVE-2020-29371, CVE-2020-4788

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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:3798-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 144259

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Risk Information

VPR

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

Vulnerability Information

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