SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : fwupdate (SUSE-SU-2022:2340-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 163006

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2340-1 advisory.

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 fwupdate, fwupdate-devel, fwupdate-efi and / or libfwup1 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1198581

http://www.nessus.org/u?bdb88f8f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163006

File Name: suse_SU-2022-2340-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2022

Updated: 7/14/2023

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:fwupdate, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:fwupdate-efi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:fwupdate-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfwup1, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 7/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2022

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:2340-1