SUSE SLES15: kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_102-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:2776-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164064

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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-2022:2776-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24_102 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2022-28389: Fixed a double free in drivers/net/can/usb/mcba_usb.c vulnerability in the Linux kernel.
(bnc#1198033)
- CVE-2022-26490: Fixed a buffer overflow in the st21nfca driver. An attacker with adjacent NFC access could crash the system or corrupt the system memory. (bsc#1196830)
- CVE-2022-28390: Fixed a double free in drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c vulnerability in the Linux kernel (bnc#1198031).
- CVE-2022-1679: Fixed a use-after-free in the Atheros wireless driver in the way a user forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages (bsc#1199487).
- CVE-2022-20141: Fixed a possible use after free due to improper locking in ip_check_mc_rcu() (bsc#1200604).

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: 164064

File Name: suse_SU-2022-2776-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/11/2022

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: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.35

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1679

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-2022-28390

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_96-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_102-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_107-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_86-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_78-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_99-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_83-default, 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: 8/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1679, CVE-2022-20141, CVE-2022-26490, CVE-2022-28389, CVE-2022-28390

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:2776-1

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