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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 33 for SLE 15 SP4) (SUSE-SU-2025:0929-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 233014

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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-2025:0929-1 advisory.

 This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_24_141 fixes several issues.

 The following security issues were fixed:

 - CVE-2024-56648: net: hsr: avoid potential out-of-bound access in fill_frame_info() (bsc#1235452).
 - CVE-2024-50302: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer (bsc#1233679).

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_21-150400_24_141-default package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1233679

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1235452

http://www.nessus.org/u?ae2492da

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50302

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56648

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 233014

File Name: suse_SU-2025-0929-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/20/2025

Updated: 3/20/2025

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: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-50302

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_141-default, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/25/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50302, CVE-2024-56648

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:0929-1