SUSE SLES15: kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_18-rt / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:0331-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190008

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0331-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_15_18 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2023-6932: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the ipv4 igmp component that could lead to local privilege escalation (bsc#1218255).
- CVE-2023-6176: Fixed a denial of service in the cryptographic algorithm scatterwalk functionality (bsc#1217522).
- CVE-2023-5178: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in queue intialization setup (bsc#1215768).

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 kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_18-rt and / or kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_5-rt packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190008

File Name: suse_SU-2024-0331-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/6/2024

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_5-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_18-rt, 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: 2/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5178, CVE-2023-6176, CVE-2023-6932

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:0331-1

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