SUSE-SU-2024:0870-1 Security update for glibc
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Check this codebase for SUSE-SU-2024:0870-1 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: SUSE-SU-2024:0870-1 is a denial of service vulnerability in glibc, published on 13 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of SUSE-SU-2024:0870-1 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: glibc. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/SUSE-SU-2024-0870-1/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/SUSE-SU-2024-0870-1/index.md)
An attacker can cause a denial of service by exploiting a flaw in the glibc qsort function's handling of degenerate comparison functions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is SUSE-SU-2024:0870-1?
SUSE-SU-2024:0870-1 is a denial of service vulnerability in glibc, published on 13 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
This update for glibc fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- qsort: harden handling of degenerated / non transient compare function (bsc#1218866)
Other issues fixed:
- getaddrinfo: translate ENOMEM to EAI_MEMORY (bsc#1217589, BZ #31163)
- aarch64: correct CFI in rawmemchr (bsc#1217445, BZ #31113)
Which versions are affected by SUSE-SU-2024:0870-1?
Linux distribution packages (20)
glibc SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.3 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc SUSE:Manager Server 4.3 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc openSUSE:Leap Micro 5.3 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
glibc openSUSE:Leap Micro 5.4 | All versions | 2.31-150300.68.1 |
How do I fix SUSE-SU-2024:0870-1?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is SUSE-SU-2024:0870-1 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of SUSE-SU-2024:0870-1 in the wild and no public exploit code.