SUSE update for apptainer

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU87538

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28180

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 when decompressing JWE with Decrypt or DecryptMulti. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package apptainer to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

HPC Module: 15-SP6

openSUSE Leap: 15.6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP6

apptainer-sle15_7: before 1.3.6-150600.4.3.1

apptainer-leap: before 1.3.6-150600.4.3.1

apptainer-sle15_5: before 1.3.6-150600.4.3.1

apptainer-sle15_6: before 1.3.6-150600.4.3.1

apptainer: before 1.3.6-150600.4.3.1

apptainer-debuginfo: before 1.3.6-150600.4.3.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:hpc_module:15-SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:apptainer-sle15_7:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:apptainer-leap:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:apptainer-sle15_5:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:apptainer-sle15_6:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:apptainer:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:apptainer-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250066-1/

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.