SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel-firmware (SUSE-SU-2022:0721-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 158606

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0721-1 advisory.

- Update Intel Wireless firmware for 9xxx (CVE-2021-0161, CVE-2021-0164,CVE-2021-0165,CVE-2021-0066,CVE-2021-0166, CVE-2021-0168,CVE-2021-0170,CVE-2021-0172,CVE-2021-0173, CVE-2021-0174,CVE-2021-0175,CVE-2021-0076,CVE-2021-0176, CVE-2021-0183,CVE-2021-0072,INTEL-SA-00539,bsc#1196333):
iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode
- Update Intel Bluetooth firmware (CVE-2021-33139,CVE-2021-33155, INTEL-SA-00604,bsc#1195786)

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 kernel-firmware and / or ucode-amd packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 158606

File Name: suse_SU-2022-0721-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/5/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-0168

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-0066

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ucode-amd

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: 3/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-0066, CVE-2021-0072, CVE-2021-0076, CVE-2021-0161, CVE-2021-0164, CVE-2021-0165, CVE-2021-0166, CVE-2021-0168, CVE-2021-0170, CVE-2021-0172, CVE-2021-0173, CVE-2021-0174, CVE-2021-0175, CVE-2021-0176, CVE-2021-0183, CVE-2021-33139, CVE-2021-33155

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:0721-1

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