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openSUSE: 2021:1266-1 Critical: htmldoc Crash Resolution Available

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A significant enhancement for htmldoc tackles a major stability problem on openSUSE, boosting overall system integrity.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for htmldoc fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-20308: Fixed crash bug with bad GIFs, ( boo#1184424 )

- Fixed license, package is GPL 2+ not LGPL

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Topics Covered

security advisory important crash fix htmldoc openSUSE SUSE Package Hub CVE-2021-20308

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:

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1266=1

Package List

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

htmldoc-1.8.28-6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20308.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184424

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1266-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 .

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security advisory important crash fix htmldoc openSUSE SUSE Package Hub CVE-2021-20308

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