SUSE update for curl

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU95131

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-2024-7264

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the ASN1 parser code in the GTime2str() function. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected package curl to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher: 5.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.1 - 5.2

curl-debugsource: before 7.66.0-150200.4.75.1

libcurl4-debuginfo: before 7.66.0-150200.4.75.1

curl: before 7.66.0-150200.4.75.1

libcurl4: before 7.66.0-150200.4.75.1

curl-debuginfo: before 7.66.0-150200.4.75.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_micro_for_rancher:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_micro:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_micro:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:curl-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcurl4-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:curl:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcurl4:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:curl-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20242930-1/

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.