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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 27 for SLE 15 SP2) (SUSE-SU-2022:2435-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 163351

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2435-1 advisory.

 - In lock_sock_nested of sock.c, there is a possible use after free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-174846563References: Upstream kernel (CVE-2022-20154)

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 kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_114-default and / or kernel- livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_115-default packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1200608

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-20154

http://www.nessus.org/u?05c055ea

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 163351

File Name: suse_SU-2022-2435-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2022

Updated: 7/13/2023

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: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-20154

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/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:kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_114-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_115-default, 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: 7/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-20154

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:2435-1