SUSE update for openssl

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU78463

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3446

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the DH_check(), DH_check_ex() and EVP_PKEY_param_check() function when processing a DH key or DH parameters. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package openssl to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL: 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP2

openssl-doc: before 1.0.2j-60.101.1

openssl-debuginfo: before 1.0.2j-60.101.1

libopenssl-devel: before 1.0.2j-60.101.1

libopenssl1_0_0-debuginfo-32bit: before 1.0.2j-60.101.1

libopenssl1_0_0: before 1.0.2j-60.101.1

libopenssl1_0_0-debuginfo: before 1.0.2j-60.101.1

openssl-debugsource: before 1.0.2j-60.101.1

libopenssl1_0_0-hmac: before 1.0.2j-60.101.1

openssl: before 1.0.2j-60.101.1

libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bit: before 1.0.2j-60.101.1

libopenssl1_0_0-32bit: before 1.0.2j-60.101.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12_sp2_bcl:12-SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12:SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_12:SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:openssl-doc:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:openssl-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl1_0_0-debuginfo-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl1_0_0:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl1_0_0-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:openssl-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl1_0_0-hmac:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl1_0_0-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20233160-1/

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.