SUSE update for buildah

Published: 2025-03-26

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2025-22869 CVE-2025-27144
CWE-ID	CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Enterprise Storage Operating systems & Components / Operating system openSUSE Leap Operating systems & Components / Operating system buildah 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: #VU105459

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22869

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the ssh package when handling clients that complete the key exchange slowly, or not at all. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package buildah to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3: LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP3

SUSE Enterprise Storage: 7.1

openSUSE Leap: 15.3

buildah: before 1.35.5-150300.8.39.1

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20251017-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) 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