SUSE update for gnutls

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU104044

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-2024-12243

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 libtasn1 does not properly control consumption of internal resources when decoding certain DER-encoded certificate data. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package gnutls to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended: Security

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP5

gnutls-debuginfo: before 3.3.27-3.9.1

libgnutlsxx-devel: before 3.3.27-3.9.1

libgnutls28-debuginfo: before 3.3.27-3.9.1

libgnutls28: before 3.3.27-3.9.1

libgnutls28-32bit: before 3.3.27-3.9.1

libgnutls-openssl27: before 3.3.27-3.9.1

libgnutls-openssl-devel: before 3.3.27-3.9.1

gnutls-debugsource: before 3.3.27-3.9.1

libgnutls-devel: before 3.3.27-3.9.1

gnutls: before 3.3.27-3.9.1

libgnutls-openssl27-debuginfo: before 3.3.27-3.9.1

libgnutls28-debuginfo-32bit: before 3.3.27-3.9.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12_sp5_ltss_extended:Security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:gnutls-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libgnutlsxx-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libgnutls28-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libgnutls28:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libgnutls28-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libgnutls-openssl27:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libgnutls-openssl-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:gnutls-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libgnutls-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libgnutls-openssl27-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libgnutls28-debuginfo-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250767-1/

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.