SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:1142-1)

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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:1142-1)

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Synopsis

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

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-8834: KVM on Power8 processors had a conflicting use of HSTATE_HOST_R1 to store r1 state in kvmppc_hv_entry plus in kvmppc_{save,restore}_tm, leading to a stack corruption. Because of this, an attacker with the ability to run code in kernel space of a guest VM can cause the host kernel to panic (bnc#1168276).

CVE-2020-11494: An issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c, which allowed attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL (bnc#1168424).

CVE-2020-10942: In get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls (bnc#1167629).

CVE-2019-9458: In the video driver there was a use after free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed (bnc#1168295).

CVE-2019-3701: Fixed an issue in can_can_gw_rcv, which could cause a system crash (bnc#1120386).

CVE-2019-19770: Fixed a use-after-free in the debugfs_remove function (bsc#1159198).

CVE-2020-11669: Fixed an issue where arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S did not have save/restore functionality for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR, PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR (bnc#1169390).

CVE-2020-2732: Fixed an issue where under some circumstances, an L2 guest may trick the L0 guest into accessing sensitive L1 resources that should be inaccessible to the L2 guest (bnc#1163971).

CVE-2020-8647: There was a use-after-free vulnerability in the vc_do_resize function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c (bnc#1162929 1164078).

CVE-2020-8649: There was a use-after-free vulnerability in the vgacon_invert_region function in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c (bnc#1162929 1162931).

CVE-2020-9383: An issue was discovered set_fdc in drivers/block/floppy.c leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds read because the FDC index is not checked for errors before assigning it (bnc#1165111).

CVE-2019-19768: Fixed a use-after-free in the __blk_add_trace function in kernel/trace/blktrace.c (bnc#1159285).

CVE-2018-20836: Fixed an issue where a race condition in smp_task_timedout() and smp_task_done() cloud lead to a use-after-free (bnc#1134395).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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 the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2020-1142=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-1142=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1142=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP5-2020-1142=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP5-2020-1142=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136166

File Name: suse_SU-2020-1142-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/30/2020

Updated: 5/4/2020

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20836

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-devel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-man:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-devel-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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: 4/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20836, CVE-2019-3701, CVE-2019-9458, CVE-2019-19770, CVE-2019-19768, CVE-2020-8649, CVE-2020-8647, CVE-2020-9383, CVE-2020-2732, CVE-2020-10942, CVE-2020-11494, CVE-2020-8834, CVE-2020-11669