SUSE update for skopeo

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU105450

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-2025-27144

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 parsing JWS and JWE input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package skopeo to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15: SP3 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5: LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3: LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4: LTSS

Basesystem Module: 15-SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP6

openSUSE Leap: 15.3 - 15.6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP3 - SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP3 - SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP3 - SP5

SUSE Enterprise Storage: 7.1

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.3

SUSE Manager Server: 4.3

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.3

skopeo-zsh-completion: before 1.14.4-150300.11.19.1

skopeo-bash-completion: before 1.14.4-150300.11.19.1

skopeo-fish-completion: before 1.14.4-150300.11.19.1

skopeo: before 1.14.4-150300.11.19.1

skopeo-debuginfo: before 1.14.4-150300.11.19.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_ltss_15:SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_ltss_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_ltss_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_espos_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_espos_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15_sp5:LTSS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15_sp3:LTSS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15_sp4:LTSS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:basesystem_module:15-SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_15:SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_micro:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_15:SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_enterprise_storage:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_retail_branch_server:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_server:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_proxy:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:skopeo-zsh-completion:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:skopeo-bash-completion:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:skopeo-fish-completion:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:skopeo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:skopeo-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250772-1/

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.