SUSE SLES12: kernel-default / kernel-default-base / kernel-default-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:3324-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 179914

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3324-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2018-20784: Fixed a denial of service (infinite loop in update_blocked_averages) by mishandled leaf cfs_rq in kernel/sched/fair.c (bsc#1126703).
- CVE-2018-3639: Fixed Speculative Store Bypass aka 'Memory Disambiguation' (bsc#1087082).
- 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-2023-1637: Fixed vulnerability that could lead to unauthorized access to CPU memory after resuming CPU from suspend-to-RAM (bsc#1209779).
- 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-2023-2985: 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-2023-3106: Fixed crash in XFRM_MSG_GETSA netlink handler (bsc#1213251).
- CVE-2023-3268: Fixed an out of bounds memory access flaw in relay_file_read_start_pos in the relayfs (bsc#1212502).
- 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-2023-3611: 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).

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: Critical

ID: 179914

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3324-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/17/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

Percentile: 99.86

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20784

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-macros

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: 8/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2018

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20784, CVE-2018-3639, CVE-2022-40982, CVE-2023-0459, CVE-2023-1637, CVE-2023-20569, CVE-2023-20593, CVE-2023-2985, CVE-2023-3106, CVE-2023-3268, CVE-2023-35001, CVE-2023-3567, CVE-2023-3611, CVE-2023-3776

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3324-1

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