Use-after-free in Indent - #VU75535

Vulnerability identifier: #VU75535

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the handle_token_preesc() function in src/handletoken.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to run the application against a malicious code, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Indent
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
indent
indent-debugsource
indent-debuginfo

Install updates from vendor's website.

Indent - update to 2.2.13
indent - addressed in versions 2.2.10-38.3.1, 2.2.11-150000.3.3.1
indent-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.2.10-38.3.1, 2.2.11-150000.3.3.1
indent-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.2.10-38.3.1, 2.2.11-150000.3.3.1

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209718
• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/indent.git/commit/?id=c2b74c05435c59225badaeeb2a5e40c20284528a

• Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU Indent
• SUSE update for indent
• SUSE update for indent