SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:3390-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180136

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3390-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 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-2023-2985: 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-2023-3117: 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-2023-3390: 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-2023-34319: Fixed buffer overrun triggered by unusual packet in xen/netback (XSA-432) (bsc#1213546).
- 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-2023-4133: Fixed use after free bugs caused by circular dependency problem in cxgb4 (bsc#1213970).
- CVE-2023-4194: Fixed a type confusion in net tun_chr_open() bsc#1214019).


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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1206418

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207088

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1209342

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1210584

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1211738

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1211867

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1212301

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1212741

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1212835

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1212846

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213059

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213167

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213245

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213286

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213287

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213354

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213543

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213546

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213585

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213586

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213588

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213868

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213970

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214019

http://www.nessus.org/u?ba6442f4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40982

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0459

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2985

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3390

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3567

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3609

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3611

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3776

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3812

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4133

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4194

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20569

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20593

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34319

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-35001

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180136

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3390-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/24/2023

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-macros, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-preempt-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ocfs2-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dlm-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-preempt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-livepatch, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gfs2-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_160-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-livepatch-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cluster-md-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-obs-build, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:reiserfs-kmp-default

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: 8/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40982, CVE-2023-0459, CVE-2023-20569, CVE-2023-20593, CVE-2023-2985, CVE-2023-3390, CVE-2023-34319, CVE-2023-35001, CVE-2023-3567, CVE-2023-3609, CVE-2023-3611, CVE-2023-3776, CVE-2023-3812, CVE-2023-4133, CVE-2023-4194

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3390-1