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openSUSE: 2021:1187-1 Critical: libspf2 Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey August 25, 2021
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An essential security patch for libspf2 on openSUSE mitigates a potential risk of remote code execution. Ensure you apply the update immediately.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for libspf2 fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2021-20314: A remote overflow in SPF parsing could lead to remote

code execution (bsc#1189104)

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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-2021-1187=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1187=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1187=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1187=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

libspf2-2-1.2.10-lp152.4.3.1

libspf2-2-debuginfo-1.2.10-lp152.4.3.1

libspf2-debuginfo-1.2.10-lp152.4.3.1

libspf2-debugsource-1.2.10-lp152.4.3.1

libspf2-devel-1.2.10-lp152.4.3.1

libspf2-tools-1.2.10-lp152.4.3.1

libspf2-tools-debuginfo-1.2.10-lp152.4.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libspf2-2-1.2.10-bp153.5.1

libspf2-2-debuginfo-1.2.10-bp153.5.1

libspf2-debuginfo-1.2.10-bp153.5.1

libspf2-debugsource-1.2.10-bp153.5.1

libspf2-devel-1.2.10-bp153.5.1

libspf2-tools-1.2.10-bp153.5.1

libspf2-tools-debuginfo-1.2.10-bp153.5.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libspf2-2-1.2.10-bp152.8.1

libspf2-2-debuginfo-1.2.10-bp152.8.1

libspf2-debuginfo-1.2.10-bp152.8.1

libspf2-debugsource-1.2.10-bp152.8.1

libspf2-devel-1.2.10-bp152.8.1

libspf2-tools-1.2.10-bp152.8.1

libspf2-tools-debuginfo-1.2.10-bp152.8.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libspf2-2-1.2.10-bp151.7.1

libspf2-2-debuginfo-1.2.10-bp151.7.1

libspf2-d...

Read the Full Advisory

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20314.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189104

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1187-1
Rating: critical
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 .

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