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CVE-2022-21952

SUMA unauthenticated remote DoS via resource exhaustion

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 75th percentile. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS 3.17.5HighEPSS percentile75th1.5% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix3 products2 fixed builds listed below

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD

NVD CVE.org

What to do

Find your product and version, then upgrade to the build on the right.

  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1Affected: ≥ spacewalk-java, < 4.1.46Upgrade to: 4.1.46Stated by: CVE record
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2Affected: ≥ spacewalk-java, < 4.2.37Upgrade to: 4.2.37Stated by: CVE record
  • Suse Manager ServerAffected: ≥ 4.1, < 4.1.46Upgrade to: 4.1.46Stated by: NVD

Versions as the sources state them. Full version matrix after sign-in

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What it is

From the CVE record

A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in spacewalk-java of SUSE Manager Server 4.1, SUSE Manager Server 4.2 allows remote attackers to easily exhaust available disk resources leading to DoS. This issue affects: SUSE Manager Server 4.1 spacewalk-java versions prior to 4.1.46. SUSE Manager Server 4.2 spacewalk-java versions prior to 4.2.37.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS75th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

1.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 75th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

6 events over 1476 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Record updated
  2. OpenVAS check added
  3. Record updated
  4. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Scored 7.5 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
  • Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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