SUSE update for podman

Published: 2025-02-19

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-45288 CVE-2024-6104
CWE-ID	CWE-400 CWE-532
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software	SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro Operating systems & Components / Operating system openSUSE Leap Operating systems & Components / Operating system podman-docker Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component podman-remote Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component podman Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component podman-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component podman-remote-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component podmansh 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: #VU88184

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 7.7 [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:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45288

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient limitations placed on the amount of CONTINUATION frames that can be sent within a single HTTP/2 stream. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP/2 requests to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package podman to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher: 5.3 - 5.4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.3 - 5.4

openSUSE Leap: 15.4

podman-docker: before 4.9.5-150400.4.38.1

podman-remote: before 4.9.5-150400.4.38.1

podman: before 4.9.5-150400.4.38.1

podman-debuginfo: before 4.9.5-150400.4.38.1

podman-remote-debuginfo: before 4.9.5-150400.4.38.1

podmansh: before 4.9.5-150400.4.38.1

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250579-1/

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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

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

Exploit availability: No