SUSE update for 389-ds

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU66990

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2850

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the sync_create_state_control() function when running a sync_repl client. A remote authenticated user can pass a malformed cookie in a query and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU54107 (CVE-2021-3514).

Mitigation

Update the affected package 389-ds to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.3

SUSE Manager Server: 4.3

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications: 15-SP4

openSUSE Leap: 15.4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications: 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-SP4

libsvrcore0-debuginfo: before 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1

libsvrcore0: before 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1

lib389: before 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1

389-ds-snmp-debuginfo: before 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1

389-ds-snmp: before 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1

389-ds-devel: before 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1

389-ds-debugsource: before 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1

389-ds-debuginfo: before 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1

389-ds: before 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20223286-1/

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.