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openSUSE: 2019:2185-1 Moderate: Links DNS-Prefetch Issue

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2019
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical update for links in openSUSE fixes DNS-relation issues and improves overall stability. Learn more about the necessary installations.
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for links fixes the following issues:

links was updated to 2.20.1:

* libevent bug fixes

links was updated to 2.20:

* Security bug fixed: when links was connected to tor, it would send real

dns requests outside the tor network when the displayed page contains

link elements with rel=dns-prefetch boo#1149886

* stability improvements

* file urls support local hostnames

* mouse support improvement

* improve interaction with Google

* Support the zstd compression algorithm

* Use proper cookie expiry

links was updated to 2.19:

* Fixed a crash on invalidn IDN URLs

* Make font selection possible via fontconfig

* Show certificate authority in Document info box

* Use international error messages

* The -dump switch didn't report errors on stdout write

links was updated to 2.18:

* Automatically enable tor mode when the socks port is 9050

* When in tor mode, invert colors on top line and bottom line

* Fix...

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update DoS openSUSE links dns-prefetch

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 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-2185=1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-2185=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-2185=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-2185=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):

links-2.20.1-lp151.3.3.1

links-debuginfo-2.20.1-lp151.3.3.1

links-debugsource-2.20.1-lp151.3.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):

links-2.20.1-lp150.2.3.1

links-debuginfo-2.20.1-lp150.2.3.1

links-debugsource-2.20.1-lp150.2.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

links-2.20.1-bp151.4.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

links-2.20.1-bp150.2.3.1

links-debuginfo-2.20.1-bp150.2.3.1

links-debugsource-2.20.1-bp150.2.3.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1149886

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:2185-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1 openSUSE Leap 15.0 openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 openSUSE Backports SLE-15

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update DoS openSUSE links dns-prefetch

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