SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2023:4945-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 187177

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Synopsis

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

Description

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-2023:4945-1 advisory.

- x86/AMD: mismatch in IOMMU quarantine page table levels [XSA-445, CVE-2023-46835] x86: BTC/SRSO fixes not fully effective [XSA-446, CVE-2023-46836] (CVE-2023-46835, CVE-2023-46836)

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027519

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216654

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216807

http://www.nessus.org/u?42bdc452

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46835

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46836

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 187177

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4945-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/21/2023

Updated: 7/19/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46835

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-domu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-devel, 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: 12/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46835, CVE-2023-46836

IAVB: 2023-B-0090-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4945-1