SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel-firmware-nvidia-gspx-G06, nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed (SUSE-SU-2023:4427-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185603

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4427-1 advisory.

- NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a NULL-pointer dereference may lead to denial of service. (CVE-2023-31022)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185603

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4427-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/14/2023

Updated: 11/14/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31022

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-nvidia-gspx-g06, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nvidia-open-driver-g06-signed-64kb-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nvidia-open-driver-g06-signed-azure-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nvidia-open-driver-g06-signed-default-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nvidia-open-driver-g06-signed-kmp-64kb, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nvidia-open-driver-g06-signed-kmp-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nvidia-open-driver-g06-signed-kmp-default, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31022

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4427-1

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