SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 0 for SLE 15 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2024:2216-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 201030

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2216-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_53 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2023-52628: Fixed 4-byte stack OOB write in nftables (bsc#1222118).
- CVE-2022-48687: Fixed fix out-of-bounds read when setting HMAC data (bsc#1224043).
- CVE-2024-26852: Fixed use-after-free in ip6_route_mpath_notify() (bsc#1223059).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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-5_14_21-150500_53-default package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1222118

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1223059

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1224043

http://www.nessus.org/u?42ff5d6f

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48687

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52628

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26852

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 201030

File Name: suse_SU-2024-2216-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/26/2024

Updated: 6/26/2024

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: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48687

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:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_53-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: 6/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48687, CVE-2023-52628, CVE-2024-26852

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:2216-1