openEuler update for edk2

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU88211

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2511

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 unbounded memory growth when processing TLSv1.3 sessions. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that the non-default SSL_OP_NO_TICKET option is being used in TLSv1.3.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 20.03 LTS SP1 - 22.03 LTS SP3

edk2-ovmf: before 202002-21

python3-edk2-devel: before 202002-21

edk2-aarch64: before 202002-21

edk2-help: before 202002-21

edk2-debugsource: before 202002-21

edk2-debuginfo: before 202002-21

edk2-devel: before 202002-21

edk2: before 202002-21

External links

http://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1513

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.