SB2024100604 - SUSE update for openssl-3
Published: October 6, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024100604
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41996)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to unnecessary validation of the public keys in the Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Protocol when an approved safe prime is used. A remote attacker from the client side can trigger unnecessarily expensive server-side DHE modular-exponentiation calculations and cause asymmetric resource consumption, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.