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

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS: 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15: SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15: SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS: 15-SP4

Desktop Applications Module: 15-SP5

Basesystem Module: 15-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP5

openSUSE Leap: 15.4 - 15.5

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.3

SUSE Manager Server: 4.3

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.3

vte-tools-debuginfo: before 0.66.2-150400.3.5.1

glade-catalog-vte: before 0.66.2-150400.3.5.1

vte-tools: before 0.66.2-150400.3.5.1

vte-lang: before 0.66.2-150400.3.5.1

libvte-2_91-0-debuginfo: before 0.66.2-150400.3.5.1

typelib-1_0-Vte-2.91: before 0.66.2-150400.3.5.1

vte-debuginfo: before 0.66.2-150400.3.5.1

vte-devel: before 0.66.2-150400.3.5.1

libvte-2_91-0: before 0.66.2-150400.3.5.1

vte-debugsource: before 0.66.2-150400.3.5.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15_sp4_ltss:15-SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_ltss_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_espos_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop_15_sp4_ltss:15-SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:desktop_applications_module:15-SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:basesystem_module:15-SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_retail_branch_server:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_server:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_proxy:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:vte-tools-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:glade-catalog-vte:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:vte-tools:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:vte-lang:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libvte-2_91-0-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:typelib-1_0-vte-2.91:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:vte-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:vte-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libvte-2_91-0:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:vte-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20242180-1/

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.