SUSE update for tomcat10

Published: 2024-04-11

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-23672 CVE-2024-24549
CWE-ID	CWE-400 CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Web and Scripting Module Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system openSUSE Leap Operating systems & Components / Operating system tomcat10-docs-webapp Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component tomcat10-jsp-3_1-api Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component tomcat10-jsvc Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component tomcat10-embed Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component tomcat10-servlet-6_0-api Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component tomcat10 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component tomcat10-el-5_0-api Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component tomcat10-webapps Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component tomcat10-lib Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component tomcat10-admin-webapps Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU87509

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-2024-23672

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can keep WebSocket connections open for a long time to trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package tomcat10 to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Web and Scripting Module: 15-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP5

openSUSE Leap: 15.5

tomcat10-docs-webapp: before 10.1.20-150200.5.22.2

tomcat10-jsp-3_1-api: before 10.1.20-150200.5.22.2

tomcat10-jsvc: before 10.1.20-150200.5.22.2

tomcat10-embed: before 10.1.20-150200.5.22.2

tomcat10-servlet-6_0-api: before 10.1.20-150200.5.22.2

tomcat10: before 10.1.20-150200.5.22.2

tomcat10-el-5_0-api: before 10.1.20-150200.5.22.2

tomcat10-webapps: before 10.1.20-150200.5.22.2

tomcat10-lib: before 10.1.20-150200.5.22.2

tomcat10-admin-webapps: before 10.1.20-150200.5.22.2

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20241204-1/

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.

2) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU87510