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openSUSE Leap 15.3 Security: 2021:1664-1 Moderate Stack Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey July 10, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A vital security patch for openSUSE addressing a critical stack overflow in libass has been released. Users are urged to apply it promptly to mitigate risks.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for libass fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2020-24994: Fixed a stack overflow in the parse_tag (bsc#1184153).

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-15.3-2021-1664=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libass-debugsource-0.14.0-3.6.1

libass-devel-0.14.0-3.6.1

libass9-0.14.0-3.6.1

libass9-debuginfo-0.14.0-3.6.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

libass9-32bit-0.14.0-3.6.1

libass9-32bit-debuginfo-0.14.0-3.6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24994.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184153

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1664-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 .

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