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openSUSE Leap 15.1: openSUSE-SU-2020:1207-1 Moderate: Balsa NULL Pointer

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Calendar Grey August 14, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This patch addresses a significant vulnerability in balsa for openSUSE Leap 15.1. Implement solutions and maintain system security.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for balsa fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2020-16118: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference (boo#1174711).

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-2020-1207=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

balsa-lang-2.5.5-lp151.3.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

balsa-2.5.5-lp151.3.3.1

balsa-debuginfo-2.5.5-lp151.3.3.1

balsa-debugsource-2.5.5-lp151.3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16118.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174711

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1207-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1

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