Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2023-1829 |
CWE-ID | CWE-416 |
Exploitation vector | Local |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro Operating systems & Components / Operating system openSUSE Leap Operating systems & Components / Operating system kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_41-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_166-default Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_166-default-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_138-preempt Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_138-preempt-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_138-default Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_37-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_138-default-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | SUSE |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU75448
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1829
CWE-ID:
CWE-416 - Use After Free
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the tcindex_delete() function. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Update the affected package the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 41 for SLE 15 SP2) to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsSUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching: 15-SP2 - 15-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP2 - SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP2 - SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP2 - SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.1 - 5.2
openSUSE Leap: 15.3
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_41-debugsource: before 2-150200.2.1
kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_166-default: before 2-150200.2.1
kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_166-default-debuginfo: before 2-150200.2.1
kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_138-preempt: before 2-150300.2.2
kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_138-preempt-debuginfo: before 2-150300.2.2
kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_138-default: before 2-150300.2.2
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_37-debugsource: before 2-150300.2.2
kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_138-default-debuginfo: before 2-150300.2.2
External linkshttp://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20234264-1/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.