SB2024091141 - SUSE update for curl

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-7264)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the ASN1 parser code in the GTime2str() function. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the system.

2) Improper certificate validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8096)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to curl might fail to detect some OCSP problems when configured to use the Certificate Status Request TLS extension. A remote attacker can bypass OCSP stapling protection and perform a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that curl is build to use GnuTLS library.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243202-1/