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openSUSE Leap 15.2: 2021:0635-1 Important: libnettle Out-Of-Range Fix

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Calendar Grey April 30, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Important patch released for openSUSE Leap 15.2 tackling libnettle flaw CVE-2021-20305. Take action to safeguard your system.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for libnettle fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-20305: Fixed the multiply function which was being called with

out-of-range scalars (bsc#1184401).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15: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 Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-635=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

libhogweed4-3.4.1-lp152.4.3.1

libhogweed4-debuginfo-3.4.1-lp152.4.3.1

libnettle-debugsource-3.4.1-lp152.4.3.1

libnettle-devel-3.4.1-lp152.4.3.1

libnettle6-3.4.1-lp152.4.3.1

libnettle6-debuginfo-3.4.1-lp152.4.3.1

nettle-3.4.1-lp152.4.3.1

nettle-debuginfo-3.4.1-lp152.4.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

libhogweed4-32bit-3.4.1-lp152.4.3.1

libhogweed4-32bit-debuginfo-3.4.1-lp152.4.3.1

libnettle-devel-32bit-3.4.1-lp152.4.3.1

libnettle6-32bit-3.4.1-lp152.4.3.1

libnettle6-32bit-debuginfo-3.4.1-lp152.4.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20305.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184401

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0635-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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