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openSUSE: 2022:1135-7 Critical: rpm Memory Corruption Issue

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Calendar Grey November 2, 2011
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openSUSE Security Update: rpm (CVE-2011-3378) ______________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

Specially crafted rpm packages can cause memory corruption

in rpm when verifying signatures (CVE-2011-3378).

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 11.4:

zypper in -t patch rpm-5255

- openSUSE 11.3:

zypper in -t patch rpm-5255

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

rpm-4.8.0-28.29.1

rpm-devel-4.8.0-28.29.1

- openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64):

rpm-32bit-4.8.0-28.29.1

- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64):

rpm-4.8.0-5.3.1

rpm-devel-4.8.0-5.3.1

- openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64):

rpm-32bit-4.8.0-5.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3378.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:1203-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3

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