SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ovmf (SUSE-SU-2025:03076-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 261524

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03076-1 advisory.

- CVE-2023-45229: Fixed integer underflow when processing IA_NA/IA_TA options in a DHCPv6 Advertise message (bsc#1218879)
- CVE-2023-45230: Fixed buffer overflow in the DHCPv6 client via a long Server ID option (bsc#1218880)

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 ovmf, ovmf-tools, qemu-ovmf-x86_64 and / or qemu-uefi-aarch64 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 261524

File Name: suse_SU-2025-03076-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/5/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45230

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ovmf-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-uefi-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ovmf-x86_64, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ovmf

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: 9/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45229, CVE-2023-45230

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:03076-1

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