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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel-firmware (SUSE-SU-2023:2986-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178927

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2023:2986-1 advisory.

 - An issue in Zen 2 CPUs, under specific microarchitectural circumstances, may allow an attacker to potentially access sensitive information. (CVE-2023-20593)

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-firmware and / or ucode-amd packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213286

http://www.nessus.org/u?af3d1581

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20593

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178927

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2986-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/27/2023

Updated: 8/2/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20593

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ucode-amd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20593

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2986-1