Upstream information

CVE-2024-6126 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in the cockpit package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to kill any process when enabling the pam_env's user_readenv option, which leads to a denial of service (DoS) attack.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  SUSE
Base Score 4.7
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • cockpit >= 298-150500.3.6.1
  • cockpit-bridge >= 298-150500.3.6.1
  • cockpit-networkmanager >= 298-150500.3.6.1
  • cockpit-selinux >= 298-150500.3.6.1
  • cockpit-storaged >= 298-150500.3.6.1
  • cockpit-system >= 298-150500.3.6.1
  • cockpit-ws >= 298-150500.3.6.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2024-2304
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • cockpit >= 320-1.1
  • cockpit-bridge >= 320-1.1
  • cockpit-devel >= 320-1.1
  • cockpit-doc >= 320-1.1
  • cockpit-kdump >= 320-1.1
  • cockpit-networkmanager >= 320-1.1
  • cockpit-packagekit >= 320-1.1
  • cockpit-pcp >= 320-1.1
  • cockpit-selinux >= 320-1.1
  • cockpit-storaged >= 320-1.1
  • cockpit-system >= 320-1.1
  • cockpit-ws >= 320-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-14096

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 cockpit Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 cockpit Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 cockpit Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 cockpit Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 cockpit Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 cockpit Not affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jun 6 13:15:54 2024
CVE page last modified: Fri Jul 5 00:49:03 2024