Resource exhaustion in openSUSE Leap
CVE-2019-18904
A Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in rmt of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows remote attackers to cause DoS against rmt by requesting migrations. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-3.26.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-3.26.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15-SP1 rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-3.9.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-3.26.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP1 rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-3.9.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-3.26.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-3.26.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-lp151.2.9.1.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.016 (73.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1
- Opensuse Leap 15.1 — versions rmt-server
- Opensuse Rmt-server
- Suse Linux_enterprise — versions 15.0
- Suse Linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing — versions 15.0
- Suse Linux_enterprise_server — versions 15
- Suse Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-espos — versions rmt-server
- Suse Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ltss — versions rmt-server
- Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud 15-sp1 — versions rmt-server
- Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Server Applications 15 — versions rmt-server
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- meissner@suse.de (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-18904?
- CVE-2019-18904 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Leap, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-04-03.
- How severe is CVE-2019-18904?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.