SUSE SLES15 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2024:3001-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 206191

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3001-1 advisory.

- CVE-2024-31145: Fixed error handling in x86 IOMMU identity mapping (XSA-460, bsc#1228574)
- CVE-2024-31146: Fixed PCI device pass-through with shared resources (XSA-461, bsc#1228575)

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228574

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228575

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-31145

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-31146

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-August/036669.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206191

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3001-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/25/2024

Updated: 8/25/2024

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

Risk Information

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-2024-31145

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/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:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-domu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk

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: 8/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-31145, CVE-2024-31146

IAVB: 2024-B-0095

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3001-1