SUSE update for libcryptopp

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU84653

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-2023-50981

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in ModularSquareRoot. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions via crafted DER public-key data associated with squared odd numbers, such as the square of 268995137513890432434389773128616504853.

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 8.6.0-150400.3.6.1

libcryptopp8_6_0-64bit: before 8.6.0-150400.3.6.1

libcryptopp8_6_0-32bit-debuginfo: before 8.6.0-150400.3.6.1

libcryptopp8_6_0-32bit: before 8.6.0-150400.3.6.1

libcryptopp-devel: before 8.6.0-150400.3.6.1

libcryptopp-debugsource: before 8.6.0-150400.3.6.1

libcryptopp8_6_0: before 8.6.0-150400.3.6.1

libcryptopp8_6_0-debuginfo: before 8.6.0-150400.3.6.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:basesystem_module:15-SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcryptopp8_6_0-64bit-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcryptopp8_6_0-64bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcryptopp8_6_0-32bit-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcryptopp8_6_0-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcryptopp-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcryptopp-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcryptopp8_6_0:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcryptopp8_6_0-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20240157-1/

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.