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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel-firmware (SUSE-SU-2023:2986-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 178927
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2023:2986-1 advisory.- CVE-2023-20593: Fixed AMD ucode for ZenBleed vulnerability (bsc#1213286).
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-firmware and / or ucode-amd packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213286
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 178927
File Name: suse_SU-2023-2986-1.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 7/27/2023
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: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20593
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ucode-amd
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: 7/26/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-20593
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2986-1