SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:0265-1)
High Nessus Plugin ID 106473
Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
Description
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_66 fixes one issue. The following security issues were fixed :
- CVE-2017-15868: The bnep_add_connection function in net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c did not ensure that an l2cap socket is available, which allowed local users to gain privileges via a crafted application (bsc#1071471).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-185=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.