SUSE update for libcryptopp

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU84651

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-2023-50980

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application in gf2n.cpp. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (application crash) via DER public-key data for an F(2^m) curve, if the degree of each term in the polynomial is not strictly decreasing.

Mitigation

Update the affected package libcryptopp to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

openSUSE Leap: 15.4

libcryptopp5_6_5: before 5.6.5-150000.1.9.1

libcryptopp5_6_5-debuginfo: before 5.6.5-150000.1.9.1

libcryptopp5_6_5-32bit: before 5.6.5-150000.1.9.1

libcryptopp5_6_5-32bit-debuginfo: before 5.6.5-150000.1.9.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcryptopp5_6_5:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcryptopp5_6_5-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcryptopp5_6_5-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libcryptopp5_6_5-32bit-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20234957-1/

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.