SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel-firmware (SUSE-SU-2021:4200-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 156421

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:4200-1 advisory.

- CVE-2019-15126: Updated Broadcom firmware to fix Kr00k bug (bsc#1167162).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kernel-firmware and / or ucode-amd packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1167162

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15126

http://www.nessus.org/u?6556d4a3

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 156421

File Name: suse_SU-2021-4200-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/31/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.9

Temporal Score: 2.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15126

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.1

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ucode-amd, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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: 12/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15126

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:4200-1