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openSUSE Leap 15.3: 2021:1655-1 Important: Fribidi Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey July 11, 2021
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Security patch released for fribidi on openSUSE addressing CVE-2019-18397 with critical significance and detailed installation guidance.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for fribidi fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2019-18397: Avoid buffer overflow. (bsc#1156260)

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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 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-1655=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

fribidi-1.0.5-3.3.1

fribidi-debuginfo-1.0.5-3.3.1

fribidi-debugsource-1.0.5-3.3.1

fribidi-devel-1.0.5-3.3.1

libfribidi0-1.0.5-3.3.1

libfribidi0-debuginfo-1.0.5-3.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

libfribidi0-32bit-1.0.5-3.3.1

libfribidi0-32bit-debuginfo-1.0.5-3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18397.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1156260

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1655-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 .

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