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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2024:1541-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 195153

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1541-1 advisory.

 - x86: Native Branch History Injection [XSA-456, CVE-2024-2201] update to xen 4.17.4, remove patches now included upstream rebase xen.gcc12.fixes.patch x86 HVM hypercalls may trigger Xen bug check [XSA-454, CVE-2023-46842] x86: Incorrect logic for BTC/SRSO mitigations [XSA-455, CVE-2024-31142] (CVE-2023-46842, CVE-2024-31142)

 - This CVE was assigned by Intel. Please see CVE-2024-2201 on CVE.org for more information. (CVE-2024-2201)

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/1221984

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1222302

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1222453

http://www.nessus.org/u?e529f54d

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46842

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2201

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-31142

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 195153

File Name: suse_SU-2024-1541-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/8/2024

Updated: 5/8/2024

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-31142

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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:xen-tools, 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, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-doc-html

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: 5/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46842, CVE-2024-2201, CVE-2024-31142

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:1541-1