SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel RT (Live Patch 8 for SLE 15 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2024:1184-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193194

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1184-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_13_27 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2024-0565: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory read flaw in receive_encrypted_standard in fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c (bsc#1219078).
- CVE-2024-1085: Fixed nf_tables use-after-free vulnerability in the nft_setelem_catchall_deactivate() function (bsc#1219432).
- CVE-2023-52340: Fixed ICMPv6 Packet Too Big packets force a DoS of the Linux kernel by forcing 100% CPU (bsc#1219296).

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_21-150500_13_27-rt package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193194

File Name: suse_SU-2024-1184-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/11/2024

Updated: 6/26/2026

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: 57.55

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0565

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-2024-1085

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_27-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: 4/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52340, CVE-2024-0565, CVE-2024-1085

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:1184-1

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