Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU67555
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40023
CWE-ID:
CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions within the Lexer class. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Update the affected package python-Mako to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsSUSE Enterprise Storage: 7.1
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.2 - 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages: 15-SP3 - 15-SP4
SUSE Manager Server: 4.2 - 4.3
SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.2 - 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem: 15-SP3 - 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop: 15-SP3 - 15-SP4
openSUSE Leap: 15.3 - 15.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications: 15-SP3 - 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-SP3 - 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-SP3 - 15-SP4
python2-Mako: before 1.0.7-150000.3.3.1
python3-Mako: before 1.0.7-150000.3.3.1
External linkshttp://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20223979-1/
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.