SUSE update for pam

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU85552

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22365

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in pam_namespace. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package pam to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP5

pam-extra-debuginfo-32bit: before 1.1.8-24.56.1

pam-32bit: before 1.1.8-24.56.1

pam-debuginfo-32bit: before 1.1.8-24.56.1

pam-extra-32bit: before 1.1.8-24.56.1

pam-doc: before 1.1.8-24.56.1

pam-extra: before 1.1.8-24.56.1

pam-extra-debuginfo: before 1.1.8-24.56.1

pam: before 1.1.8-24.56.1

pam-debugsource: before 1.1.8-24.56.1

pam-debuginfo: before 1.1.8-24.56.1

pam-devel: before 1.1.8-24.56.1

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:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam-extra-debuginfo-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam-debuginfo-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam-extra-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam-doc:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam-extra:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam-extra-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20240137-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.