SUSE update for SUSE Manager Client Tools

Published: 2024-09-17

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-45142 CVE-2024-6104
CWE-ID	CWE-400 CWE-532
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Operating systems & Components / Operating system spacecmd Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component mgrctl-zsh-completion Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component mgrctl-bash-completion Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component python2-rhnlib Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component mgrctl Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component mgrctl-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component golang-github-prometheus-prometheus Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU83546

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-2023-45142

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of HTTP header User-Agent and HTTP method. A remote attacker can send multiple requests with long randomly generated HTTP methods or/and User agents and consume memory resources, leading to a denial of service condition.

Mitigation

Update the affected package SUSE Manager Client Tools to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE: 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi: 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12: SP1 - SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP1 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP1 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP2 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications: 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-SP2-LTSS-ERICSSON

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop: 12-SP5

spacecmd: before 5.0.9-38.147.1

mgrctl-zsh-completion: before 0.1.21-1.8.1

mgrctl-bash-completion: before 0.1.21-1.8.1

python2-rhnlib: before 5.0.4-21.52.1

mgrctl: before 0.1.21-1.8.1

mgrctl-debuginfo: before 0.1.21-1.8.1

golang-github-prometheus-prometheus: before 2.45.6-1.53.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243266-1/

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) Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files

EUVDB-ID: #VU94616

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6104

CWE-ID: CWE-532 - Information Exposure Through Log Files