Security update for libcares2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:2477-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-31124 ( SUSE ): 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2023-31124 ( NVD ): 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2023-31130 ( NVD ): 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-31147 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2023-31147 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2023-32067 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-32067 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libcares2 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2023-32067: Fixed a denial of service that could be triggered by a 0-byte UDP payload (bsc#1211604).
  • CVE-2023-31147: Fixed an insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs (bsc#1211605).
  • CVE-2023-31130: Fixed a buffer underflow when configuring specific IPv6 addresses (bsc#1211606).
  • CVE-2023-31124: Fixed a build issue when cross-compiling that could lead to insufficient randomness (bsc#1211607).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2023-2477=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2023-2477=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2023-2477=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2023-2477=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2023-2477=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-ESPOS-2023-2477=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2023-2477=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-2477=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-2477=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-2477=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2023-2477=1

Package List:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (x86_64)
    • libcares2-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debuginfo-1.9.1-9.12.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 (x86_64)
    • libcares2-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debuginfo-1.9.1-9.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libcares2-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debuginfo-1.9.1-9.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libcares-devel-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debuginfo-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL 12-SP2 (x86_64)
    • libcares2-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debuginfo-1.9.1-9.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libcares2-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debuginfo-1.9.1-9.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libcares2-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debuginfo-1.9.1-9.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libcares2-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debuginfo-1.9.1-9.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libcares2-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debuginfo-1.9.1-9.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libcares2-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debuginfo-1.9.1-9.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5 (x86_64)
    • libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-32bit-1.9.1-9.12.1
    • libcares2-debuginfo-32bit-1.9.1-9.12.1

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