openSUSE: 2020:1813-1 Important: lout Buffer Overflow Fix
opensuse
November 2, 2020
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description
This update for lout fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2019-19918: Fixed buffer overflow in srcnext() (boo#1159713).
- CVE-2019-19917: Fixed buffer overflow in StringQuotedWord()
(boo#1159714).
This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.2:Update update project.
Topics Covered
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-SP2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-1813=1
Package List
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
lout-3.40-bp152.4.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19917.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19918.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1159713
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1159714
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1813-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2
Topics Covered
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