SUSE update for libcryptopp

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU84651

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-2023-50980

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 application in gf2n.cpp. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (application crash) via DER public-key data for an F(2^m) curve, if the degree of each term in the polynomial is not strictly decreasing.

Mitigation

Update the affected package libcryptopp to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Basesystem Module: 15-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP5

openSUSE Leap: 15.4 - 15.5

libcryptopp8_6_0-64bit-debuginfo: before 8.6.0-150400.3.3.1

libcryptopp8_6_0-64bit: before 8.6.0-150400.3.3.1

libcryptopp8_6_0-32bit: before 8.6.0-150400.3.3.1

libcryptopp8_6_0-32bit-debuginfo: before 8.6.0-150400.3.3.1

libcryptopp-debugsource: before 8.6.0-150400.3.3.1

libcryptopp8_6_0-debuginfo: before 8.6.0-150400.3.3.1

libcryptopp8_6_0: before 8.6.0-150400.3.3.1

libcryptopp-devel: before 8.6.0-150400.3.3.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20240030-1/

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.