The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3318-1 advisory.

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


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-40982: Fixed transient execution attack called 'Gather Data Sampling' (bsc#1206418).
    - CVE-2023-0459: Fixed information leak in __uaccess_begin_nospec (bsc#1211738).
    - CVE-2023-20569: Fixed side channel attack Inception or RAS Poisoning (bsc#1213287).
    - CVE-2023-20593: Fixed a ZenBleed issue in 'Zen 2' CPUs that could allow an attacker to potentially     access sensitive information (bsc#1213286).
    - CVE-2023-21400: Fixed several memory corruptions due to improper locking in io_uring (bsc#1213272).
    - CVE-2023-2156: Fixed a flaw in the networking subsystem within the handling of the RPL protocol     (bsc#1211131).
    - CVE-2023-2166: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in can_rcv_filter (bsc#1210627).
    - 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).
    - CVE-2023-31083: Fixed race condition in hci_uart_tty_ioctl (bsc#1210780).
    - 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-2023-31248: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in nft_chain_lookup_byid that could allow a local     attacker to escalate their privilege (bsc#1213061).
    - CVE-2023-3268: Fixed an out of bounds memory access flaw in relay_file_read_start_pos in the relayfs     (bsc#1212502).
    - 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-2023-35001: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory access flaw in nft_byteorder that could allow a local     attacker to escalate their privilege (bsc#1213059).
    - CVE-2023-3567: Fixed a use-after-free in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c (bsc#1213167).
    - CVE-2023-3609: Fixed reference counter leak leading to  overflow in net/sched (bsc#1213586).
    - CVE-2023-3611: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in net/sched sch_qfq(bsc#1213585).
    - CVE-2023-3776: Fixed improper refcount update in  cls_fw leads to use-after-free (bsc#1213588).
    - 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-2023-4004: Fixed improper element removal netfilter nft_set_pipapo (bsc#1213812).


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-2023:3318-1)

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Version 1.4 Sep 25, 2025, 3:39 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploited by malware" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202509251539
Version 1.1 Aug 22, 2023, 1:59 PM CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-4004" to "CVE-2023-20569") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2023-4004") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" changed from 6.8 to 7.8. "CVSSv2 vector" changed from "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C" to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2023-20569, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202308221359
Version 1.0 Aug 16, 2023, 8:04 AM New Plugin Feed: 202308160804