SUSE update for glibc

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU54560

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33574

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the mq_notify() function in the GNU C Library. A remote attacker can force the library to use the notification thread attributes object (passed through its struct sigevent parameter) after it has been freed by the caller, leading to a denial of service or possibly remote code execution.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update the affected package glibc to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar: 9

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP: 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-SP4-LTSS - 12-SP5

SUSE OpenStack Cloud: 9

glibc-devel-static: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-info: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-i18ndata: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-html: before 2.22-114.15.1

nscd-debuginfo: before 2.22-114.15.1

nscd: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-profile-32bit: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-profile: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-locale-debuginfo: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-locale-32bit: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-locale: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-devel-debuginfo: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-devel-32bit: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-devel: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-debugsource: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-debuginfo-32bit: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-debuginfo: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc-32bit: before 2.22-114.15.1

glibc: before 2.22-114.15.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20213290-1/

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.