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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 44 for SLE 12 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2024:0373-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190088

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2024:0373-1 advisory.

 This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-122_162 fixes one issue.

 The following security issue was fixed:

 - CVE-2023-6932: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the ipv4 igmp component that could lead to local privilege escalation (bsc#1218255).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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 kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_162-default package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1218255

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6932

http://www.nessus.org/u?bddf5ae0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190088

File Name: suse_SU-2024-0373-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/7/2024

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: 57.86

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6932

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_162-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: 2/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6932

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:0373-1