openEuler update for SDL2



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-4743
CWE-ID CWE-401
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 openEuler
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

SDL2-debugsource
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

SDL2-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

SDL2-devel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

SDL2
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor openEuler

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU71094

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-2022-4743

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the GLES_CreateTexture() function in render/opengles/SDL_render_gles.c. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 20.03 LTS SP1 - 22.03 LTS

SDL2-debugsource: before 2.0.12-2

SDL2-debuginfo: before 2.0.12-2

SDL2-devel: before 2.0.12-2

SDL2: before 2.0.12-2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2023-1029


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.



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