SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2500-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177282

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2500-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 AZURE kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2023-28410: Fixed improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer in some Intel(R) i915 Graphics drivers that may have allowed an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access (bsc#1211263).
- CVE-2023-2156: Fixed a flaw in the networking subsystem within the handling of the RPL protocol (bsc#1211131).
- CVE-2023-1382: Fixed denial of service in tipc_conn_close (bsc#1209288).
- CVE-2023-3006: Fixed a known cache speculation vulnerability, known as Branch History Injection (BHI) or Spectre-BHB, for the new hw AmpereOne (bsc#1211855).
- CVE-2023-2269: Fixed a denial-of-service problem due to a possible recursive locking scenario, resulting in a deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c (bsc#1210806).
- CVE-2023-1079: Fixed a use-after-free problem that could have been triggered in asus_kbd_backlight_set when plugging/disconnecting a malicious USB device (bsc#1208604).
- CVE-2023-2162: Fixed an use-after-free flaw in iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create (bsc#1210647).
- CVE-2023-33288: Fixed a use-after-free in bq24190_remove in drivers/power/supply/bq24190_charger.c (bsc#1211590).
- CVE-2022-45886: Fixed a .disconnect versus dvb_device_open race condition in dvb_net.c that lead to a use-after-free (bsc#1205760).
- CVE-2022-45885: Fixed a race condition in dvb_frontend.c that could cause a use-after-free when a device is disconnected (bsc#1205758).
- CVE-2022-45887: Fixed a memory leak in ttusb_dec.c caused by the lack of a dvb_frontend_detach call (bsc#1205762).
- CVE-2022-45919: Fixed a use-after-free in dvb_ca_en50221.c that could occur if there is a disconnect after an open, because of the lack of a wait_event (bsc#1205803).
- CVE-2022-45884: Fixed a use-after-free in dvbdev.c, related to dvb_register_device dynamically allocating fops (bsc#1205756).
- CVE-2023-31084: Fixed a blocking issue in drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c (bsc#1210783).
- CVE-2023-2002: Fixed a flaw that allowed an attacker to unauthorized execution of management commands, compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Bluetooth communication (bsc#1210533).
- CVE-2023-31436: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in qfq_change_class() because lmax can exceed QFQ_MIN_LMAX (bsc#1210940).
- CVE-2023-30456: Fixed an issue in arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c with nVMX on x86_64 lacks consistency checks for CR0 and CR4 (bsc#1210294).
- CVE-2022-4269: Fixed a flaw was found inside the Traffic Control (TC) subsystem (bsc#1206024).
- CVE-2023-32233: Fixed a use-after-free in Netfilter nf_tables when processing batch requests (bsc#1211043).
- CVE-2023-1380: Fixed a slab-out-of-bound read problem in brcmf_get_assoc_ies() (bsc#1209287).
- CVE-2023-2513: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the ext4 filesystem (bsc#1211105).
- CVE-2023-2483: Fixed a use after free bug in emac_remove due caused by a race condition (bsc#1211037).
- CVE-2023-2124: Fixed an out-of-bound access in the XFS subsystem that could have lead to denial-of- service or potentially privilege escalation (bsc#1210498).

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177282

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2500-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/14/2023

Updated: 9/25/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1079

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32233

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-source-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-azure-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-devel-azure, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4269, CVE-2022-45884, CVE-2022-45885, CVE-2022-45886, CVE-2022-45887, CVE-2022-45919, CVE-2023-1079, CVE-2023-1380, CVE-2023-1382, CVE-2023-2002, CVE-2023-2124, CVE-2023-2156, CVE-2023-2162, CVE-2023-2269, CVE-2023-2513, CVE-2023-28410, CVE-2023-3006, CVE-2023-30456, CVE-2023-31084, CVE-2023-31436, CVE-2023-32233, CVE-2023-33288

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2500-1

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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2500-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177282

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Description

Solution

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Plugin Details

Risk Information

VPR

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

Vulnerability Information

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Reference Information