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SUSE SLES15: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:4783-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186868

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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-2023:4783-1 advisory.

 The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.


 The following security bugs were fixed:

 - CVE-2023-39197: Fixed a out-of-bounds read in nf_conntrack_dccp_packet() (bsc#1216976).
 - CVE-2023-6176: Fixed a denial of service in the cryptographic algorithm scatterwalk functionality (bsc#1217332).
 - CVE-2023-45863: Fixed a out-of-bounds write in fill_kobj_path() (bsc#1216058).
 - CVE-2023-45871: Fixed an issue in the IGB driver, where the buffer size may not be adequate for frames larger than the MTU (bsc#1216259).
 - CVE-2023-39198: Fixed a race condition leading to use-after-free in qxl_mode_dumb_create() (bsc#1216965).
 - CVE-2023-31083: Fixed race condition in hci_uart_tty_ioctl (bsc#1210780).
 - CVE-2023-5717: Fixed a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Performance Events component (bsc#1216584).


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/1084909

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1210780

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214037

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214344

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214764

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216058

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216259

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216584

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216965

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216976

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1217332

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1217780

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31083

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39197

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39198

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45863

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45871

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5717

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6176

http://www.nessus.org/u?e1941ae6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186868

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4783-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.67

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-39197

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5717

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_172-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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31083, CVE-2023-39197, CVE-2023-39198, CVE-2023-45863, CVE-2023-45871, CVE-2023-5717, CVE-2023-6176

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4783-1