SUSE SLES15 Security Update : oracleasm (SUSE-SU-2023:0853-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173205

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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-2023:0853-1 advisory.

- rebuild the package with the new secure boot key (bsc#1209188).

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 oracleasm-kmp-default package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1209188

http://www.nessus.org/u?a13c5f5b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 173205

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0853-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/22/2023

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:oracleasm-kmp-default

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: 3/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2023

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0853-1