SUSE update for pcre2

1) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU79112

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41409

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in pcre2test. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package pcre2 to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

openSUSE Leap Micro: 5.3 - 5.4

Basesystem Module: 15-SP4 - 15-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher: 5.3 - 5.4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.3 - 5.4

openSUSE Leap: 15.4 - 15.5

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.3

SUSE Manager Server: 4.3

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.3

libpcre2-8-0-64bit-debuginfo: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-16-0-64bit: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-16-0-64bit-debuginfo: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-posix2-64bit: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-32-0-64bit-debuginfo: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-posix2-64bit-debuginfo: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-8-0-64bit: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-32-0-64bit: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

pcre2-doc: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-8-0-32bit: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-posix2-32bit-debuginfo: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-16-0-32bit: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-posix2-32bit: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-8-0-32bit-debuginfo: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-32-0-32bit: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-16-0-32bit-debuginfo: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-32-0-32bit-debuginfo: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-16-0: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-32-0-debuginfo: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-16-0-debuginfo: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

pcre2-devel: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

pcre2-tools: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-posix2-debuginfo: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-8-0-debuginfo: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-8-0: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

pcre2-tools-debuginfo: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-posix2: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

libpcre2-32-0: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

pcre2-devel-static: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

pcre2-debugsource: before 10.39-150400.4.9.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20233327-1/

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.