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openSUSE Leap 15.3: 2021:2792-1 Important Libass Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey August 20, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This crucial Fedora security patch tackles a stack overflow vulnerability in libfoo, improving overall system resilience.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for libass fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2020-36430: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in decode_chars (bsc#1188539).

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security advisory buffer overflow software update important openSUSE patch instructions libass

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-15.3-2021-2792=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libass-debugsource-0.14.0-3.9.1

libass-devel-0.14.0-3.9.1

libass9-0.14.0-3.9.1

libass9-debuginfo-0.14.0-3.9.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

libass9-32bit-0.14.0-3.9.1

libass9-32bit-debuginfo-0.14.0-3.9.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36430.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188539

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:2792-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 .

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