SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 40 for SLE 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2024:4230-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 212313

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:4230-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150200_24_172 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2024-36904: tcp: Use refcount_inc_not_zero() in tcp_twsk_unique() (bsc#1225733).
- CVE-2024-43861: Fix memory leak for not ip packets (bsc#1229553).

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_3_18-150200_24_172-default and / or kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_147-default packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 212313

File Name: suse_SU-2024-4230-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/11/2024

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-43861

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:N/I:N/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:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_172-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_147-default

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: 12/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-36904, CVE-2024-43861

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:4230-1

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