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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2020:2160-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139410

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for xen fixes the following issues :

bsc#1174543 - secure boot related fixes

bsc#1172356 - Not able to hot-plug NIC via virt-manager, asks to attach on next reboot while it should be live attached

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 Module for Server Applications 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP2-2020-2160=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-2160=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172356

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1174543

http://www.nessus.org/u?ca48cf14

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139410

File Name: suse_SU-2020-2160-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/7/2020

Updated: 1/13/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-domu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-domu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2020