SUSE update for vte

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU93078

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-2024-37535

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 when handling window resize escape sequence. A local user can consume all available memory resources and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package vte to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Desktop Applications Module: 15-SP6

Basesystem Module: 15-SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP6

openSUSE Leap: 15.6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP6

vte-lang: before 0.74.2-150600.3.3.1

vte-debugsource: before 0.74.2-150600.3.3.1

vte-tools-gtk4-debuginfo: before 0.74.2-150600.3.3.1

vte-tools-debuginfo: before 0.74.2-150600.3.3.1

vte-debuginfo: before 0.74.2-150600.3.3.1

libvte-2_91-0-debuginfo: before 0.74.2-150600.3.3.1

vte-tools: before 0.74.2-150600.3.3.1

vte-devel: before 0.74.2-150600.3.3.1

vte-tools-gtk4: before 0.74.2-150600.3.3.1

libvte-2_91-0: before 0.74.2-150600.3.3.1

typelib-1_0-Vte-2_91: before 0.74.2-150600.3.3.1

typelib-1_0-Vte-3_91: before 0.74.2-150600.3.3.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:desktop_applications_module:15-SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:basesystem_module:15-SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:vte-lang:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:vte-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:vte-tools-gtk4-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:vte-tools-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:vte-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libvte-2_91-0-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:vte-tools:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:vte-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:vte-tools-gtk4:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libvte-2_91-0:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:typelib-1_0-vte-2_91:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:typelib-1_0-vte-3_91:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20242153-1/

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.