SUSE SLED15: xen / xen-devel / xen-doc-html / xen-libs / xen-libs-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:1506-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 160498

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1506-1 advisory.

- CVE-2022-26356: Fixed potential race conditions in dirty memory tracking that could cause a denial of service in the host (bsc#1197423).
- CVE-2022-26357: Fixed a potential race condition in memory cleanup for hosts using VT-d IOMMU hardware, which could lead to a denial of service in the host (bsc#1197425).
- CVE-2022-26358,CVE-2022-26359,CVE-2022-26360,CVE-2022-26361: Fixed various memory corruption issues for hosts using VT-d or AMD-Vi IOMMU hardware. These could be leveraged by an attacker to cause a denial of service in the host (bsc#1197426).

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 160498

File Name: suse_SU-2022-1506-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/4/2022

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-26357

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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-2022-26361

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-domu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 5/3/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-26356, CVE-2022-26357, CVE-2022-26358, CVE-2022-26359, CVE-2022-26360, CVE-2022-26361

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:1506-1

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