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SUSE SLES12: install-initrd-SLES / tftpboot-installation-SLES-12-SP4-aarch64 / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:2815-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178302

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2815-1 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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1209188

http://www.nessus.org/u?62baf383

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178302

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2815-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/14/2023

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:install-initrd-sles, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tftpboot-installation-sles-12-sp4-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tftpboot-installation-sles-12-sp4-ppc64le, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tftpboot-installation-sles-12-sp4-s390x, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tftpboot-installation-sles-12-sp4-x86_64

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: 7/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2023

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2815-1