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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2023:0154-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 170702
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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-2023:0154-1 advisory.- IBPB may not prevent return branch predictions from being specified by pre-IBPB branch targets leading to a potential information disclosure. (CVE-2022-23824)
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/1205209
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 170702
File Name: suse_SU-2023-0154-1.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 1/27/2023
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: 5.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23824
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-domu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-devel, 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: 1/26/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-23824
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0154-1