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openSUSE Leap 15.2: 2021:0304-1 Important: Screen Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey February 18, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The latest openSUSE Leap 15.2 patch addresses a significant monitor-related flaw, boosting overall system protection.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for screen fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-26937: Fixed double width combining char handling that could

lead to a denial of service or code execution (bsc#1182092).

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

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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 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-304=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

screen-4.6.2-lp152.6.3.1

screen-debuginfo-4.6.2-lp152.6.3.1

screen-debugsource-4.6.2-lp152.6.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-26937.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182092

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0304-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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