Upstream information

CVE-2024-12401 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in the cert-manager package. This flaw allows an attacker who can modify PEM data that the cert-manager reads, for example, in a Secret resource, to use large amounts of CPU in the cert-manager controller pod to effectively create a denial-of-service (DoS) vector for the cert-manager in the cluster.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat)
Base Score 4.4
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required High
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
Container bci/bci-busybox:16.0
Container bci/bci-busybox:16.1
Container rancher/elemental-channel/sl-micro:6.2-baremetal-8.2
Container rancher/elemental-channel/sl-micro:6.2-base-8.2
Container rancher/elemental-channel/sl-micro:6.2-kvm-8.2
Container rancher/elemental-channel/sl-micro:6.2-rt-8.2
Container suse/sl-micro/6.2/baremetal-iso-image:latest
Container suse/sl-micro/6.2/base-iso-image:latest
Container suse/sl-micro/6.2/kvm-iso-image:latest
Container suse/sl-micro/6.2/rt-iso-image:latest
  • busybox >= 1.37.0-160000.3.1
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container:latest
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/toolbox:latest
Image SL-Micro
Image SL-Micro-Base
Image SL-Micro-Base-RT
Image SL-Micro-Base-RT-SelfInstall
Image SL-Micro-Base-RT-encrypted
Image SL-Micro-Base-SelfInstall
Image SL-Micro-Base-encrypted
Image SL-Micro-Base-qcow
Image SL-Micro-Default
Image SL-Micro-Default-SelfInstall
Image SL-Micro-Default-encrypted
Image SL-Micro-Default-qcow
  • less >= 633-3.1
Image SLE-Micro-Azure
Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-Azure
  • cloud-netconfig-azure >= 1.15-slfo.1.1_1.1
  • less >= 633-3.1
Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-GCE
Image SLE-Micro-GCE
  • cloud-netconfig-gce >= 1.15-slfo.1.1_1.1
  • less >= 633-3.1
Image SLE-Micro
Image SLE-Micro-BYOS
Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-EC2
Image SLE-Micro-EC2
  • cloud-netconfig-ec2 >= 1.15-slfo.1.1_1.1
  • less >= 633-3.1
Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-Azure
Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-EC2
Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-GCE
  • mgrpxy >= 5.1.27-slfo.1.1.1
  • mgrpxy-bash-completion >= 5.1.27-slfo.1.1.1
  • suse-multi-linux-manager-5.1-x86_64-proxy-httpd-image >= 5.1.3.1-8.19.2
  • suse-multi-linux-manager-5.1-x86_64-proxy-salt-broker-image >= 5.1.3.1-9.17.3
  • suse-multi-linux-manager-5.1-x86_64-proxy-squid-image >= 5.1.3.1-8.17.2
  • suse-multi-linux-manager-5.1-x86_64-proxy-ssh-image >= 5.1.3.1-8.17.2
  • suse-multi-linux-manager-5.1-x86_64-proxy-tftpd-image >= 5.1.3.1-8.17.2
Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-Azure-llc
Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-Azure-ltd
Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-BYOS-Azure
Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-BYOS-EC2
Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-BYOS-GCE
Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-EC2-llc
Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-EC2-ltd
  • mgradm >= 5.1.27-slfo.1.1.1
  • mgradm-bash-completion >= 5.1.27-slfo.1.1.1
  • mgradm-lang >= 5.1.27-slfo.1.1.1
  • mgrctl >= 5.1.27-slfo.1.1.1
  • mgrctl-bash-completion >= 5.1.27-slfo.1.1.1
  • mgrctl-lang >= 5.1.27-slfo.1.1.1
  • suse-multi-linux-manager-5.1-x86_64-server-attestation-image >= 5.1.3.1-8.19.2
  • suse-multi-linux-manager-5.1-x86_64-server-hub-xmlrpc-api-image >= 5.1.3.1-8.17.2
  • suse-multi-linux-manager-5.1-x86_64-server-image >= 5.1.3.1-8.17.2
  • suse-multi-linux-manager-5.1-x86_64-server-migration-14-16-image >= 5.1.3.1-8.17.2
  • suse-multi-linux-manager-5.1-x86_64-server-postgresql-image >= 5.1.3.1-6.19.1
  • suse-multi-linux-manager-5.1-x86_64-server-saline-image >= 5.1.3.1-9.17.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • govulncheck-vulndb >= 0.0.20250814T182633-160000.1.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 GA govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250814T182633-160000.1.2 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1
  • govulncheck-vulndb >= 0.0.20260916T180043-160100.1.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 GA govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20260916T180043-160100.1.1 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0
  • govulncheck-vulndb >= 0.0.20250814T182633-160000.1.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 GA govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250814T182633-160000.1.2 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1
  • govulncheck-vulndb >= 0.0.20260916T180043-160100.1.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 GA govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20260916T180043-160100.1.1 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • govulncheck-vulndb >= 0.0.20241213T205935-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-14599

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Dec 10 16:00:09 2024
CVE page last modified: Thu Oct 29 21:29:11 2026