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openSUSE Security Announcement: 2021:1249-1 Addresses Gifsicle Resize Bug

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Calendar Grey September 13, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update on gifsicle tackling resize vulnerabilities in openSUSE platforms; setup instructions provided.
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed

Description

This update for gifsicle fixes the following issues:

Update to version 1.93:

* Fix security bug on certain resize operations with `--resize-method=box`

* Fix problems with colormapless GIFs.

Update to version 1.92

* Add `--lossy` option from Kornel Lipi??ski.

* Remove an assertion failure possible with `--conserve-memory` +

`--colors` + `--careful`.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software patch openSUSE backports gifsicle resize issue

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-2021-1249=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1249=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1249=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1249=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

gifsicle-1.93-lp152.5.3.1

gifsicle-debuginfo-1.93-lp152.5.3.1

gifsicle-debugsource-1.93-lp152.5.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

gifsicle-1.93-bp153.2.3.1

gifsicle-debuginfo-1.93-bp153.2.3.1

gifsicle-debugsource-1.93-bp153.2.3.1

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

gifsicle-1.93-bp152.4.3.1

gifsicle-debuginfo-1.93-bp152.4.3.1

gifsicle-debugsource-1.93-bp152.4.3.1

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

gifsicle-1.93-bp151.4.3.1

References

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1249-1
Rating: moderate
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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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software patch openSUSE backports gifsicle resize issue

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