SUSE SLES12 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 43 for SLE 15 SP2) (SUSE-SU-2024:0376-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190086

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0376-1 advisory.

- A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The tcindex_delete function which does not properly deactivate filters in case of a perfect hashes while deleting the underlying structure which can later lead to double freeing the structure. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root.
We recommend upgrading past commit 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28. (CVE-2023-1829)

- A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ipv4: igmp component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. A race condition can be exploited to cause a timer be mistakenly registered on a RCU read locked object which is freed by another thread. We recommend upgrading past commit e2b706c691905fe78468c361aaabc719d0a496f1. (CVE-2023-6932)

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-4_12_14-150100_197_165-default, kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_172-default and / or kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_186-default packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1210619

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1218255

http://www.nessus.org/u?d5f192f0

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1829

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6932

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190086

File Name: suse_SU-2024-0376-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/7/2024

Updated: 2/7/2024

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1829

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_172-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_165-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_186-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: 2/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1829, CVE-2023-6932

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:0376-1