SUSE update for openssl-1_1

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU73960

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-2023-0464

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 verifying X.509 certificate chains that include policy constraints. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted certificate to trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package openssl-1_1 to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS: 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS: 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP4 - SP5

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar: 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud: 9

libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bit: before 1.1.1d-2.78.1

libopenssl-1_1-devel: before 1.1.1d-2.78.1

libopenssl1_1-32bit: before 1.1.1d-2.78.1

libopenssl1_1-hmac: before 1.1.1d-2.78.1

libopenssl1_1: before 1.1.1d-2.78.1

libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bit: before 1.1.1d-2.78.1

openssl-1_1: before 1.1.1d-2.78.1

openssl-1_1-debugsource: before 1.1.1d-2.78.1

libopenssl1_1-debuginfo: before 1.1.1d-2.78.1

openssl-1_1-debuginfo: before 1.1.1d-2.78.1

libopenssl1_1-debuginfo-32bit: before 1.1.1d-2.78.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_12:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12_sp4_ltss:12-SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12_sp4_espos:12-SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_12:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_openstack_cloud_crowbar:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_openstack_cloud:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl-1_1-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl1_1-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl1_1-hmac:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl1_1:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:openssl-1_1:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:openssl-1_1-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl1_1-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:openssl-1_1-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libopenssl1_1-debuginfo-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20231747-1/

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.