SUSE update for caasp-release, cri-o, patchinfo, release-notes-caasp, skuba

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU64008

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-2022-1708

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the ExecSync request. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package caasp-release, cri-o, patchinfo, release-notes-caasp, skuba to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE CaaS Platform: 4.0

skuba: before 1.4.16-150100.3.65.1

cri-o-kubeadm-criconfig: before 1.19.7-150100.3.50.1

cri-o: before 1.19.7-150100.3.50.1

caasp-release: before 4.2.9-150100.24.52.1

skuba-update: before 1.4.16-150100.3.65.1

release-notes-caasp: before 4.2.20220921-150100.4.80.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20223637-1/

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.