SUSE SLES12: kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_178-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:1207-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193245

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1207-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-122_194 fixes one issue.

The following security issue was fixed:

- 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_178-default, kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_150-default and / or kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_194-default packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193245

File Name: suse_SU-2024-1207-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/12/2024

Updated: 6/26/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52340

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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_194-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_178-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_150-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: 4/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52340

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:1207-1

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