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openSUSE 42.3: 2018:1038-1 Important cfitsio Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey April 21, 2018
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Important patch released for cfitsio in openSUSE addressing vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution, improving overall system security.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

Description

This update for cfitsio fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2018-1000166: Unsafe use of sprintf() can allow a remote

unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code (boo#1088590)

This update to version 3.430 also contains a number of upstream bug fixes.

The following tracked packaging changes are included:

- boo#1082318: package licence text as license, not as documentation

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution critical update openSUSE cfitsio

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security 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 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-383=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

cfitsio-3.430-4.3.1

cfitsio-debuginfo-3.430-4.3.1

cfitsio-debugsource-3.430-4.3.1

cfitsio-devel-3.430-4.3.1

cfitsio-devel-doc-3.430-4.3.1

libcfitsio5-3.430-4.3.1

libcfitsio5-debuginfo-3.430-4.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000166.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082318

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1088590

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1038-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 le.

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