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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : grub2 (SUSE-SU-2023:1691-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173736

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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-2023:1691-1 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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1209188

http://www.nessus.org/u?2e831f13

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 173736

File Name: suse_SU-2023-1691-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/31/2023

Updated: 7/14/2023

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:grub2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:grub2-arm64-efi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:grub2-i386-pc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:grub2-powerpc-ieee1275, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:grub2-s390x-emu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:grub2-snapper-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:grub2-x86_64-efi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:grub2-x86_64-xen, 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: 3/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2023

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:1691-1