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openSUSE: 2023:3888-1 Important: Golang Prometheus DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey September 28, 2023
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Significant announcement regarding Golang Prometheus aimed at addressing urgent RSA key security flaws found in openSUSE systems.
This update for Golang Prometheus fixes the following issues: golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager:

Description

This update for Golang Prometheus fixes the following issues:

golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager:

* CVE-2023-29409: Restrict RSA keys in certificates to less than or equal to

8192 bits to avoid DoSing client/server while validating signatures for

extremely large RSA keys. (bsc#1213880) There are no direct source changes.

The CVE is fixed rebuilding the sources with the patched Go version.

golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter:

* CVE-2023-29409: Restrict RSA keys in certificates to less than or equal to

8192 bits to avoid DoSing client/server while validating signatures for

extremely large RSA keys. (bsc#1213880) There are no direct source changes.

The CVE is fixed rebuilding the sources with the patched Go version.

Patch

## 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:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3888=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3888=1

* SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 15

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-15-2023-3888=1

* SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE Micro 5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-For-Micro-5-2023-3888=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-3888=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-3888=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP5-2023-3888=1

* SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 Module 4.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.2-2023-3888=1

* SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 Module 4.3

zypper in -t patch...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager-0.23.0-150100.4.16.2

* golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter-1.5.0-150100.3.26.2

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager-0.23.0-150100.4.16.2

* golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter-1.5.0-150100.3.26.2

* SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager-0.23.0-150100.4.16.2

* SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE Micro 5 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter-1.5.0-150100.3.26.2

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter-1.5.0-150100.3.26.2

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter-1.5.0-150100.3.26.2

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager-0.23.0-150100.4.16.2

* SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 Module 4.2 (aarch64...

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References

* #1213880

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29409.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213880

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3888-1
Rating: important

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