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openSUSE Leap 15.2 Security Update: CVE-2021-29505 Critical Code Execution

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Calendar Grey June 24, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A security enhancement for xstream is now released. This significant update resolves a severe vulnerability related to code execution.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for xstream fixes the following issues:

Upgrade to 1.4.17

- CVE-2021-29505: Fixed potential code execution when unmarshalling with

XStream instances using an uninitialized security framework (bsc#1186651)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2: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-2021-911=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

xstream-1.4.17-lp152.2.9.1

xstream-benchmark-1.4.17-lp152.2.9.1

xstream-javadoc-1.4.17-lp152.2.9.1

xstream-parent-1.4.17-lp152.2.9.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-29505.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186651

Severity
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0911-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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