SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 23 for SLE 15 SP4) (SUSE-SU-2024:1280-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193353

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2024:1280-1 advisory.

- When a router encounters an IPv6 packet too big to transmit to the next-hop, it returns an ICMP6 Packet Too Big (PTB) message to the sender. The sender caches this updated Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) so it knows not to exceed this value when subsequently routing to the same host. (CVE-2023-52340)

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_14_21-150400_24_108-default package.

See Also

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52340

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1219296

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-April/034970.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193353

File Name: suse_SU-2024-1280-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/16/2024

Updated: 4/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_108-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: 4/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52340

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:1280-1