The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3171-1 advisory.

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

  - A use after free flaw was found in hfsplus_put_super in fs/hfsplus/super.c in the Linux Kernel. This flaw     could allow a local user to cause a denial of service problem. (CVE-2023-2985)

  - ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CVE RECORD. ConsultIDs: CVE-2023-3390. Reason: This record is a duplicate of     CVE-2023-3390. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2023-3390 instead of this record. All references     and descriptions in this record have been removed to prevent accidental usage. (CVE-2023-3117)

  - Linux Kernel nftables Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability; `nft_chain_lookup_byid()`     failed to check whether a chain was active and CAP_NET_ADMIN is in any user or network namespace     (CVE-2023-31248)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem in     net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. Mishandled error handling with NFT_MSG_NEWRULE makes it possible to use a     dangling pointer in the same transaction causing a use-after-free vulnerability. This flaw allows a local     attacker with user access to cause a privilege escalation issue. We recommend upgrading past commit     1240eb93f0616b21c675416516ff3d74798fdc97. (CVE-2023-3390)

  - Linux Kernel nftables Out-Of-Bounds Read/Write Vulnerability; nft_byteorder poorly handled vm register     contents when CAP_NET_ADMIN is in any user or network namespace (CVE-2023-35001)

  - An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TUN/TAP device driver functionality in     how a user generates a malicious (too big) networking packet when napi frags is enabled. This flaw allows     a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-3812)

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

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