SUSE SLES15: kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_148-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:2401)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176931

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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-2023:2401 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150200_24_148 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2023-1989: Fixed a use after free in btsdio_remove (bsc#1210500).
- CVE-2023-1872: Fixed a use after free vulnerability in the io_uring subsystem, which could lead to local privilege escalation (bsc#1210417).
- CVE-2023-2162: Fixed an use-after-free flaw in iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create (bsc#1210662).
- CVE-2023-23454: Fixed a type-confusion in the CBQ network scheduler (bsc#1207188).

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_3_18-150200_24_148-default and / or kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_118-default packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176931

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2401.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/8/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1989

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_148-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_118-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: 6/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1872, CVE-2023-1989, CVE-2023-2162, CVE-2023-23454

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2401

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