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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : mokutil (SUSE-SU-2022:2635-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 163819

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2635-1 advisory.

 - Adds SBAT revocation support to mokutil. (bsc#1198458)

 New options added (see manpage):

 - mokutil --sbat

 List all entries in SBAT.

 - mokutil --set-sbat-policy (latest | previous | delete) To set the SBAT acceptance policy.

 - mokutil --list-sbat-revocations

 To list the current SBAT revocations.

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 mokutil package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1198458

http://www.nessus.org/u?56b88300

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 163819

File Name: suse_SU-2022-2635-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/4/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mokutil

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: 8/3/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2022

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:2635-1