SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 37 for SLE 12 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2023:0525-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171946

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2023:0525-1 advisory.

- A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel. Affected by this vulnerability is the function l2cap_reassemble_sdu of the file net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c of the component Bluetooth. The manipulation leads to use after free. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211087. (CVE-2022-3564)

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 kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_139-default package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1206314

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3564

http://www.nessus.org/u?231b79a9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171946

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0525-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/28/2023

Updated: 7/14/2023

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: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3564

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_139-default

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: 2/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3564

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0525-1