SUSE update for curl
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2023-38039 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-400 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system libcurl4-32bit Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libcurl4-debuginfo-32bit Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libcurl4 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libcurl4-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component curl Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component curl-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component curl-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libcurl-devel Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | SUSE |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU80732
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38039
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not limit the size of received headers from a single request that are stored for future reference. A remote attacker can send overly large HTTP responses to the application and consume all memory resources.
Update the affected package curl to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsSUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12: SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP5
libcurl4-32bit: before 8.0.1-11.71.1
libcurl4-debuginfo-32bit: before 8.0.1-11.71.1
libcurl4: before 8.0.1-11.71.1
libcurl4-debuginfo: before 8.0.1-11.71.1
curl: before 8.0.1-11.71.1
curl-debuginfo: before 8.0.1-11.71.1
curl-debugsource: before 8.0.1-11.71.1
libcurl-devel: before 8.0.1-11.71.1
CPE2.3- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcurl4-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcurl4-debuginfo-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcurl4:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcurl4-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:suse:curl:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:suse:curl-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:suse:curl-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcurl-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20233692-1/
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.
