openSUSE Leap 42.3: 2018:0329-1 Important Freeimage Memory Overwrite
opensuse
February 1, 2018
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for freeimage fixes one issues.
This security issue was fixed:
- CVE-2016-5684: Prevent out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the XMP
image handling functionality. A specially crafted XMP file could have
caused an arbitrary memory overwrite resulting in code execution
(boo#1002621).
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-121=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):
freeimage-debugsource-3.17.0-5.1
freeimage-devel-3.17.0-5.1
libfreeimage3-3.17.0-5.1
libfreeimage3-debuginfo-3.17.0-5.1
libfreeimageplus3-3.17.0-5.1
libfreeimageplus3-debuginfo-3.17.0-5.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5684.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1002621
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:0329-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
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