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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel-firmware (SUSE-SU-2023:3019-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 179037

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3019-1 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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213286

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2023-July/030623.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 179037

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3019-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/29/2023

Updated: 8/2/2023

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: 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ucode-amd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-usb-network, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-network, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-media, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-radeon, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-bnx2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-qcom, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-marvell, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-atheros, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-serial, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-all, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-mellanox, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-dpaa2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-nvidia, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-i915, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-ath11k, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-sound, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-ath10k, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-qlogic, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-mediatek, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-realtek, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-brcm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-prestera, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-amdgpu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-mwifiex, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-iwlwifi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-liquidio, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-ti, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-nfp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-ueagle, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-chelsio, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-intel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-platform

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: 7/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20593

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3019-1