openEuler 24.03 LTS update for NetworkManager

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU99353

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6501

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 application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when a system running NetworkManager with DEBUG logs enabled and an interface eth1 configured with LLDP enabled. A remote attacker can send a malformed LLDP packet to the application, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 24.03 LTS

NetworkManager-help: before 1.44.2-3

NetworkManager-config-server: before 1.44.2-3

NetworkManager-wwan: before 1.44.2-3

NetworkManager-wifi: before 1.44.2-3

NetworkManager-team: before 1.44.2-3

NetworkManager-ppp: before 1.44.2-3

NetworkManager-libnm-devel: before 1.44.2-3

NetworkManager-libnm: before 1.44.2-3

NetworkManager-debugsource: before 1.44.2-3

NetworkManager-debuginfo: before 1.44.2-3

NetworkManager-cloud-setup: before 1.44.2-3

NetworkManager-bluetooth: before 1.44.2-3

NetworkManager: before 1.44.2-3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:openeuler:openeuler:24.03:LTS:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-2291

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.