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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:1373-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 149083
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.180-94_135 fixes one issue.The following security issues were fixed :
CVE-2021-28688: Fixed an issue introduced by XSA-365 (bsc##1182294, bsc#1183646).
CVE-2021-26930: Fixed an improper error handling in blkback's grant mapping (XSA-365 bsc#1182294).
CVE-2021-26931: Fixed an issue where Linux kernel was treating grant mapping errors as bugs (XSA-362 bsc#1183022).
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 for SAP 12-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-1337=1 SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-1338=1 SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-1339=1 SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-1340=1 SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-1371=1 SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-1372=1 SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-1373=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2021-1337=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2021-1338=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2021-1339=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2021-1340=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2021-1371=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2021-1372=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2021-1373=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182294
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-26930/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-26931/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 149083
File Name: suse_SU-2021-1373-1.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 4/29/2021
Updated: 1/3/2024
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: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26930
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_121-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_127-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_138-default-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_124-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_135-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_121-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_116-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_124-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_127-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_135-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_138-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_130-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_130-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_116-default-debuginfo
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: 4/28/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2021