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-2023:3182-1 advisory.

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


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2023-3609: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in net/sched (bsc#1213586).
    - CVE-2023-3611: Fixed an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in net/sched (bsc#1213585).
    - CVE-2023-3812: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory access flaw in the TUN/TAP device driver functionality that     could allow a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system (bsc#1213543).
    - CVE-2023-35001: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory access flaw in nft_byteorder that could allow a local     attacker to escalate their privilege (bsc#1213059).
    - CVE-2023-31248: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in nft_chain_lookup_byid that could allow a local     attacker to escalate their privilege (bsc#1213061).
    - CVE-2023-3390: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in the netfilter subsystem in     net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c that could allow a local attacker with user access to cause a privilege     escalation issue (bsc#1212846).
    - CVE-2023-3117: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in the netfilter subsystem when processing named     and anonymous sets in batch requests that could allow a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to crash     or potentially escalate their privileges on the system (bsc#1213245).
    - CVE-2023-20593: Fixed a ZenBleed issue in 'Zen 2' CPUs that could allow an attacker to potentially     access sensitive information (bsc#1213286).
    - CVE-2023-2985: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in hfsplus_put_super in fs/hfsplus/super.c that     could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (bsc#1211867).


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.

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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:3182-1)

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