SUSE update for podman

Published: 2024-06-14

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-24786 CVE-2024-3727
CWE-ID	CWE-835 CWE-354
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Containers Module Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system openSUSE Leap Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system podman-docker Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component podman-remote Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component podman-remote-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component podman-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component podman Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component podmansh Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU87326

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24786

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when parsing data in an invalid JSON format within the protojson.Unmarshal() function. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Update the affected package podman to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Containers Module: 15-SP5 - 15-SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP5 - SP6

openSUSE Leap: 15.5 - 15.6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP5 - SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP5 - SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP5

podman-docker: before 4.9.5-150500.3.12.1

podman-remote: before 4.9.5-150500.3.12.1

podman-remote-debuginfo: before 4.9.5-150500.3.12.1

podman-debuginfo: before 4.9.5-150500.3.12.1

podman: before 4.9.5-150500.3.12.1

podmansh: before 4.9.5-150500.3.12.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20242031-1/

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.

2) Improper validation of integrity check value

EUVDB-ID: #VU89685