SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 21 for SLE 15 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2025:1467-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235625

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:1467-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_88 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 kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_88-default, kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_185-default and / or kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_30-default packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235625

File Name: suse_SU-2025-1467-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/9/2025

Updated: 5/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_30-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_185-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_88-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: 5/6/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56650

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:1467-1

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