Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2020-9272 CVE-2020-9273 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 CWE-416 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Opensuse Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | SUSE |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
EUVDB-ID: #VU25596
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9272
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in mod_cap within bundled libpcab library code (via the cap_text.c cap_to_text function). A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic to the server, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages.
Opensuse: 15.1
SUSE Linux: 15
External linkshttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00002.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU25595
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9273
CWE-ID:
CWE-416 - Use After Free
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing data transfer within the alloc_pool() function in pool.c. A remote authenticated attacker can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages.
Opensuse: 15.1
SUSE Linux: 15
External linkshttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00002.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.