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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel-firmware (SUSE-SU-2024:2911-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 205568
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2911-1 advisory.- CVE-2023-31315: Fixed validation in a model specific register (MSR) that lead to modification of SMM configuration by malicious program with ring0 access (bsc#1229069)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected kernel-firmware and / or ucode-amd packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229069
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 205568
File Name: suse_SU-2024-2911-1.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 8/15/2024
Updated: 8/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31315
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
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-firmware, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ucode-amd
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: 8/14/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-31315
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:2911-1