Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2024-22563 |
CWE-ID | CWE-401 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system ovn Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component ovn-vtep Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libopenvswitch-2_13-0 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component openvswitch-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component openvswitch-test-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component openvswitch Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component openvswitch-vtep-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libovn-20_03-0 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component ovn-host Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libovn-20_03-0-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component openvswitch-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component openvswitch-test Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component python3-ovs Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component ovn-docker Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component openvswitch-vtep Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component ovn-devel Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component ovn-central Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component openvswitch-ipsec Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libopenvswitch-2_13-0-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component openvswitch-pki Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component openvswitch-devel Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | SUSE |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU86620
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-2024-22563
CWE-ID:
CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the ovs_pcap_open() function in lib/pcap-file.c. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
MitigationUpdate the affected package openvswitch to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsSUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS: 15-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS: 15-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP2
ovn: before 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1
ovn-vtep: before 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1
libopenvswitch-2_13-0: before 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
openvswitch-debugsource: before 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
openvswitch-test-debuginfo: before 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
openvswitch: before 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
openvswitch-vtep-debuginfo: before 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
libovn-20_03-0: before 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1
ovn-host: before 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1
libovn-20_03-0-debuginfo: before 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1
openvswitch-debuginfo: before 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
openvswitch-test: before 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
python3-ovs: before 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
ovn-docker: before 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1
openvswitch-vtep: before 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
ovn-devel: before 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1
ovn-central: before 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1
openvswitch-ipsec: before 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
libopenvswitch-2_13-0-debuginfo: before 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
openvswitch-pki: before 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
openvswitch-devel: before 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
CPE2.3https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20240526-1/
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.