SUSE update for lapack

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU69295

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

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 Realtime Extension: 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop: 15-SP3

SUSE Manager Server: 4.2

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications: 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools: 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem: 15-SP3

liblapacke3-debuginfo: before 3.5.0-4.6.1

liblapacke3: before 3.5.0-4.6.1

liblapack3-debuginfo: before 3.5.0-4.6.1

liblapack3: before 3.5.0-4.6.1

libblas3-debuginfo: before 3.5.0-4.6.1

libblas3: before 3.5.0-4.6.1

lapack-devel: before 3.5.0-4.6.1

lapack-debugsource: before 3.5.0-4.6.1

blas-devel: before 3.5.0-4.6.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_realtime_extension:15-SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:15-SP3-LTSS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15-SP3-LTSS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:15-SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_server:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_proxy:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications:15-SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_development_tools:15-SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_basesystem:15-SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:liblapacke3-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:liblapacke3:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:liblapack3-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:liblapack3:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libblas3-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libblas3:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:lapack-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:lapack-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:blas-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20220915-1/

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.