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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2023:3831-1)

2023-09-2800:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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suse linux
sled15
sled_sap15
sles15
sles_sap15
opensuse 15
xen
cve-2023-20588
cve-2023-34322
confidentiality
privilege escalation
denial of service
memory leak

7.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3831-1 advisory.

  • A division-by-zero error on some AMD processors can potentially return speculative data resulting in loss of confidentiality. (CVE-2023-20588)

  • The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when running PV guests in shadow paging mode. A malicious guest can run a specially crafted application on the system that causes shortage of memory in the associated with the domain shadow pool and forces Xen to tear down page tables. This can result in memory leak, denial of service or privilege escalation. (CVE-2023-34322)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2023:3831-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(182112);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/15");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-20588", "CVE-2023-34322");
  script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2023:3831-1");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2023-B-0067-S");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2023:3831-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are
affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3831-1 advisory.

  - A division-by-zero error on some AMD processors can potentially return speculative data resulting in loss
    of confidentiality. (CVE-2023-20588)

  - The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when running PV guests in shadow
    paging mode. A malicious guest can run a specially crafted application on the system that causes shortage
    of memory in the associated with the domain shadow pool and forces Xen to tear down page tables. This can
    result in memory leak, denial of service or privilege escalation. (CVE-2023-34322)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215145");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215474");
  # https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2023-September/031734.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?fc23f455");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20588");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34322");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-34322");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/08/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/09/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/09/28");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-domU");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release !~ "^(SLED|SLES|SUSE)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE / openSUSE");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)(?:_SAP)?\d+|SUSE([\d.]+))", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE / openSUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLED15|SLED_SAP15|SLES15|SLES_SAP15|SUSE15\.5)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15', 'SUSE / openSUSE (' + os_ver + ')');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'SUSE / openSUSE (' + os_ver + ')', cpu);

var service_pack = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(service_pack)) service_pack = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLED15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED15 SP5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLED_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED_SAP15 SP5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES_SAP15 SP5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'xen-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-devel-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-libs-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-libs-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-domU-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-domU-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-server-applications-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-devel-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-server-applications-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-libs-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-libs-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-server-applications-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-domU-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-domU-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-server-applications-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-devel-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-devel-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-doc-html-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-doc-html-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-libs-32bit-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-libs-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-libs-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-domU-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-domU-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.17.2_04-150500.3.9.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']}
];

var ltss_caveat_required = FALSE;
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (reference && _release) {
    if (exists_check) {
      var check_flag = 0;
      foreach var check (exists_check) {
        if (!rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:check)) continue;
        check_flag++;
      }
      if (!check_flag) continue;
    }
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'xen / xen-devel / xen-doc-html / xen-libs / xen-libs-32bit / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
novellsuse_linuxxenp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen
novellsuse_linuxxen-develp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-devel
novellsuse_linuxxen-libsp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs
novellsuse_linuxxen-toolsp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools
novellsuse_linuxxen-tools-domup-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-domu
novellsuse_linuxxen-tools-xendomains-wait-diskp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk
novellsuse_linux15cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15