SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 15 SP4) (SUSE-SU-2022:3123-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164886

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3123-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_24_16 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2020-36516: Fixed an off-path attack via mixed IPID assignment method with the hash-based IPID assignment policy to inject data into a victim's TCP session or terminate that session (bsc#1196867).
- CVE-2021-39698: Fixed possible memory corruption in aio_poll_complete_work of aio.c, that could have led to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed (bsc#1196959).
- CVE-2022-36946: Fixed a remote denial of service attack inside nfqnl_mangle in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c, in the case of an nf_queue verdict with a one-byte nfta_payload attribute, an skb_pull can encounter a negative length (bsc#1201941).

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-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_18-default package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164886

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3123-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/8/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2021-39698

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_18-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: 9/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36516, CVE-2021-39698, CVE-2022-36946

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3123-1

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