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SUSE SLES12: kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_134-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:1599-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173641

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:1599-1 advisory.

 This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-122_150 fixes one issue.

 The following security issue was fixed:

 - CVE-2023-26545: Fixed double free in net/mpls/af_mpls.c upon an allocation failure (bsc#1208700).

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 kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_134-default, kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_150-default and / or kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_114-default packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1208909

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-26545

http://www.nessus.org/u?94978cb3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 173641

File Name: suse_SU-2023-1599-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/29/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26545

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_150-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_134-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_114-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: 3/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26545

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:1599-1