SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:3180-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179352

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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-2023:3180-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- 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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179352

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3180-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/4/2023

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: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3812

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 8/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20593, CVE-2023-2985, CVE-2023-31248, CVE-2023-3390, CVE-2023-35001, CVE-2023-3812

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3180-1

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