SUSE SLES12: kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150000_150_104-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4539-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168906

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4539-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-150000_150_104 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2022-43945: Fixed a buffer overflow in the NFSD implementation (bsc#1205128).
- CVE-2022-4378: Fixed stack overflow in __do_proc_dointvec (bsc#1206207).
- CVE-2022-3586: Fixed use-after-free in socket buffer (SKB) that could allow a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service (bsc#1204439).
- CVE-2022-3545: Fixed a use-after-free in area_cache_get() of the file drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c (bsc#1204415).

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-4_12_14-150000_150_104-default, kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_126-default and / or kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_111-default packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168906

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4539-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/18/2022

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4378

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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_126-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_111-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150000_150_104-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: 12/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3545, CVE-2022-3586, CVE-2022-4378, CVE-2022-43945

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4539-1

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