SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 64 for SLE 12 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2025:1408-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235046

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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-2025:1408-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-122_244 fixes one issue.

The following security issue was fixed:

- CVE-2024-56650: netfilter: x_tables: fix LED ID check in led_tg_check() (bsc#1235431).

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_244-default package.

See Also

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56650

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1235431

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-April/039106.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235046

File Name: suse_SU-2025-1408-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/1/2025

Updated: 5/1/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56650

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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_244-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: 4/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56650

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:1408-1