SUSE update for lapack

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU69295

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4048

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the CLARRV, DLARRV, SLARRV, and ZLARRV functions in lapack. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the affected application.

Mitigation

Update the affected package lapack to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications: 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-SP5

liblapack3-debuginfo: before 3.5.0-3.9.1

liblapack3: before 3.5.0-3.9.1

libblas3-debuginfo: before 3.5.0-3.9.1

libblas3: before 3.5.0-3.9.1

liblapacke3-debuginfo: before 3.5.0-3.9.1

liblapacke3: before 3.5.0-3.9.1

lapacke-devel-static: before 3.5.0-3.9.1

lapacke-devel: before 3.5.0-3.9.1

lapack-devel-static: before 3.5.0-3.9.1

lapack-devel: before 3.5.0-3.9.1

lapack-debugsource: before 3.5.0-3.9.1

blas-devel-static: before 3.5.0-3.9.1

blas-devel: before 3.5.0-3.9.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20220913-1/

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.