SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kubevirt, virt-api-container, virt-controller-container, virt-exportproxy-container, virt-exportserver-container, virt-handler-container, virt-launcher-container, virt-libguestfs-tools-container, virt-operator-container, virt-pr-helper-container (SUSE-SU-2025:02581-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 243266

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02581-1 advisory.

Update to version 1.5.2

- Release notes https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/tag/v1.5.2
- bsc#1234537 (CVE-2024-45337), bsc#1235303 (CVE-2024-45338), bsc#1244486

- Add LABEL with support level
- Drop packages: iptables and lsscsi
- Enable aarch64 build (jsc#PED-10545)
- Fix missing virtio-gpu packages missing from the aarch64 images (bsc#1237270)
- Fix ovmf firmware path for SEV(ES) VMs (bsc#1232762)
- Install psmisc (provides killall for tests)

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 kubevirt-manifests and / or kubevirt-virtctl packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 243266

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02581-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/1/2025

Updated: 8/1/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45337

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45338

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kubevirt-virtctl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kubevirt-manifests

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45337, CVE-2024-45338

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02581-1

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