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SUSE SLES15: kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_176-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:3769-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 271698

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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-2025:3769-1 advisory.

 This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_24_176 fixes one issue.

 The following security issue was fixed:

 - CVE-2025-38678: netfilter: nf_tables: reject duplicate device on updates (bsc#1249534).

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_21-150400_24_176-default and / or kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_70-default packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1249534

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-October/042291.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38678

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 271698

File Name: suse_SU-2025-3769-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/27/2025

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.88

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38678

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_70-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_176-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: 10/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38678

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:3769-1