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openSUSE Leap 15.0: openSUSE-SU-2018:4260-1 Moderate: libnettle Issue

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Calendar Grey December 23, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
openSUSE Security Patch addresses a significant vulnerability in libnettle, urging users to perform essential updates.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for libnettle fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2018-16869: Fixed a leaky data conversion exposing a manager oracle

(bsc#1118086)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update data exposure openSUSE Leap libnettle

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 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1597=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):

libhogweed4-3.4-lp150.3.3.1

libhogweed4-debuginfo-3.4-lp150.3.3.1

libnettle-debugsource-3.4-lp150.3.3.1

libnettle-devel-3.4-lp150.3.3.1

libnettle6-3.4-lp150.3.3.1

libnettle6-debuginfo-3.4-lp150.3.3.1

nettle-3.4-lp150.3.3.1

nettle-debuginfo-3.4-lp150.3.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):

libhogweed4-32bit-3.4-lp150.3.3.1

libhogweed4-32bit-debuginfo-3.4-lp150.3.3.1

libnettle-devel-32bit-3.4-lp150.3.3.1

libnettle6-32bit-3.4-lp150.3.3.1

libnettle6-32bit-debuginfo-3.4-lp150.3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16869.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118086

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:4260-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update data exposure openSUSE Leap libnettle

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