The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4375-1 advisory.

  - Incorrect verifier pruning in BPF in Linux Kernel >=5.4 leads to unsafe code paths being incorrectly     marked as safe, resulting in arbitrary read/write in kernel memory, lateral privilege escalation, and     container escape. (CVE-2023-2163)

  - An issue was discovered in drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c in the Linux kernel 6.2. There is a divide-by-zero error     in do_div(sz,mtd->erasesize), used indirectly by ctrl_cdev_ioctl, when mtd->erasesize is 0.
    (CVE-2023-31085)

  - The vulnerability exists due to improper event handling in Linux kernel. A malicious guest can disable     paravirtualized device to cause a deadlock in a backend domain (other than dom0). (CVE-2023-34324)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to     achieve local privilege escalation. When nf_tables_delrule() is flushing table rules, it is not checked     whether the chain is bound and the chain's owner rule can also release the objects in certain     circumstances. We recommend upgrading past commit 6eaf41e87a223ae6f8e7a28d6e78384ad7e407f8.
    (CVE-2023-3777)

  - A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel. The nfnl_osf_add_callback function did     not validate the user mode controlled opt_num field. This flaw allows a local privileged (CAP_NET_ADMIN)     attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read, leading to a crash or information disclosure. (CVE-2023-39189)

  - An improper input validation flaw was found in the eBPF subsystem in the Linux kernel. The issue occurs     due to a lack of proper validation of dynamic pointers within user-supplied eBPF programs prior to     executing them. This may allow an attacker with CAP_BPF privileges to escalate privileges and execute     arbitrary code in the context of the kernel. (CVE-2023-39191)

  - A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel. The sctp_mt_check did not validate the     flag_count field. This flaw allows a local privileged (CAP_NET_ADMIN) attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds     read, leading to a crash or information disclosure. (CVE-2023-39193)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.5.9, exploitable by local users with userspace access     to MMIO registers. Incorrect access checking in the #VC handler and instruction emulation of the SEV-ES     emulation of MMIO accesses could lead to arbitrary write access to kernel memory (and thus privilege     escalation). This depends on a race condition through which userspace can replace an instruction before     the #VC handler reads it. (CVE-2023-46813)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c` in `nvmet_tcp_free_crypto` due to a     logical bug in the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a malicious user to     cause a use-after-free and double-free problem, which may permit remote code execution or lead to local     privilege escalation in case that the attacker already has local privileges. (CVE-2023-5178)

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 SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:4375-1)

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Version 1.2 Jan 17, 2024, 2:38 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 10.0. "CVSSv3 score" set to 9.8. "CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C". "CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") Plugin Feed: 202401171438
Version 1.1 Nov 10, 2023, 2:22 PM CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2023-5178, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 9.0. "CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H". "CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-2163" to none) CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-3777" to "CVE-2023-5178") Plugin Feed: 202311101422
Version 1.0 Nov 7, 2023, 11:23 AM New Plugin Feed: 202311071123
Version 1.0 Nov 10, 2023, 12:32 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 9.0) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-3777" to "CVE-2023-5178") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2023-5178, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-2163" to none) Plugin Feed: 202311101232