openSUSE: 2019:0240-1 Moderate: Buffer Overflow in pspp
opensuse
February 25, 2019
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for pspp to version 1.2.0 fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2018-20230: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in
read_bytes_internal function that could lead to denial-of-service
(bsc#1120061).
Other bug fixes and changes:
- Add upstream patch to avoid compiling with old Texinfo 4.13.
- New experimental command SAVE DATA COLLECTION to save MDD files.
- MTIME and YMDHMS variable formats now supported.
- Spread sheet rendering now done via spread-sheet-widget.
This update introduces a new package called spread-sheet-widget as
dependency.
This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.0:Update update project.
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 Backports SLE-15:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-240=1
Package List
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
libspread-sheet-widget0-0.3-bp150.2.1
libspread-sheet-widget0-debuginfo-0.3-bp150.2.1
pspp-1.2.0-bp150.3.3.1
pspp-devel-1.2.0-bp150.3.3.1
spread-sheet-widget-debugsource-0.3-bp150.2.1
spread-sheet-widget-devel-0.3-bp150.2.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20230.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1120061
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:0240-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15
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