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SUSE SLES12 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 19 for SLE 15 SP2) (SUSE-SU-2022:0991-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 159344

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0991-1 advisory.

 - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's cgroup_release_agent_write in the kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c function. This flaw, under certain circumstances, allows the use of the cgroups v1 release_agent feature to escalate privileges and bypass the namespace isolation unexpectedly.
 (CVE-2022-0492)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1195908

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0492

http://www.nessus.org/u?352cd935

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159344

File Name: suse_SU-2022-0991-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/30/2022

Updated: 12/7/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150_83-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_105-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_83-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_110-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_88-default, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, 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: 3/29/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Docker cgroups Container Escape)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0492

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:0991-1