SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 31 for SLE 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2023:2401)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176931

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2401 advisory.

- A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel io_uring system can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The io_file_get_fixed function lacks the presence of ctx->uring_lock which can lead to a Use-After-Free vulnerability due a race condition with fixed files getting unregistered. We recommend upgrading past commit da24142b1ef9fd5d36b76e36bab328a5b27523e8. (CVE-2023-1872)

- A use-after-free flaw was found in btsdio_remove in drivers\bluetooth\btsdio.c in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw, a call to btsdio_remove with an unfinished job, may cause a race problem leading to a UAF on hdev devices. (CVE-2023-1989)

- A use-after-free vulnerability was found in iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create in drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c in SCSI sub-component in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw an attacker could leak kernel internal information.
(CVE-2023-2162)

- cbq_classify in net/sched/sch_cbq.c in the Linux kernel through 6.1.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (slab-out-of-bounds read) because of type confusion (non-negative numbers can sometimes indicate a TC_ACT_SHOT condition rather than valid classification results). (CVE-2023-23454)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_148-default and / or kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_118-default packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207188

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1210417

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1210500

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1210662

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2023-June/029744.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1872

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1989

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2162

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23454

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176931

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2401.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/8/2023

Updated: 11/10/2023

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1989

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_118-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_148-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: 6/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1872, CVE-2023-1989, CVE-2023-2162, CVE-2023-23454

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2401