SUSE update for colord

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU67911

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-42523

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application in colord/src/cd-device-db.c and colord/src/cd-profile-db.c. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.

Mitigation

Update the affected package colord to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

openSUSE Leap Micro: 5.2

SUSE Enterprise Storage: 7.1

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension: 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop: 15-SP3

openSUSE Leap: 15.3

SUSE Manager Server: 4.2

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications: 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications: 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem: 15-SP3

colord-lang: before 1.4.4-150200.4.6.1

libcolord2-32bit-debuginfo: before 1.4.4-150200.4.6.1

libcolord2-32bit: before 1.4.4-150200.4.6.1

typelib-1_0-Colorhug-1_0: before 1.4.4-150200.4.6.1

typelib-1_0-Colord-1_0: before 1.4.4-150200.4.6.1

libcolorhug2-debuginfo: before 1.4.4-150200.4.6.1

libcolorhug2: before 1.4.4-150200.4.6.1

libcolord-devel: before 1.4.4-150200.4.6.1

colord-color-profiles: before 1.4.4-150200.4.6.1

colord: before 1.4.4-150200.4.6.1

libcolord2-debuginfo: before 1.4.4-150200.4.6.1

libcolord2: before 1.4.4-150200.4.6.1

colord-debugsource: before 1.4.4-150200.4.6.1

colord-debuginfo: before 1.4.4-150200.4.6.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20224170-1/

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.