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SUSE SLES15: kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_52-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:0463-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 158141

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0463-1 advisory.

 This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24_52 fixes several issues.

 The following security issues were fixed:

 - CVE-2021-4202: Fixed NFC race condition by adding NCI_UNREG flag (bsc#1194533).
 - CVE-2022-0435: Fixed remote stack overflow in net/tipc module that validate domain record count on input (bsc#1195308).
 - CVE-2021-4083: Fixed a read-after-free memory flaw inside the garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers when users call close() and fget() simultaneouslyand can potentially trigger a race condition (bnc#1194460).

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194460

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194533

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1195308

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4083

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4202

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0435

http://www.nessus.org/u?52f658ac

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 158141

File Name: suse_SU-2022-0463-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/18/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

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: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0435

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_24-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_27-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_10-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_5-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_52-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: 2/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4083, CVE-2021-4202, CVE-2022-0435

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:0463-1