openSUSE Leap 42.3: 2018:2229-2 Critical Libcurl Security Flaw
opensuse
August 7, 2018
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description
This update for libofx fixes the following issues:
The following security vulnerabilities have been addressed:
- CVE-2017-2920: Fixed an exploitable buffer overflow in the tag parsing
functionality, which could result in an out of bounds write and could be
triggered via a specially crafted OFX file (boo#1061964)
- CVE-2017-2816: Fixed another buffer overflow in the tag parsing
functionality, which could result in an stack overflow and could be
triggered via a specially crafted OFX file (boo#1058673)
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-2018-820=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):
libofx-0.9.10-7.3.1
libofx-debuginfo-0.9.10-7.3.1
libofx-debugsource-0.9.10-7.3.1
libofx-devel-0.9.10-7.3.1
libofx6-0.9.10-7.3.1
libofx6-debuginfo-0.9.10-7.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2816.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2920.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1058673
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1061964
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2229-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
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