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openSUSE: 2022:0018-1 Important Stb Buffer Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey January 21, 2022
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Resolves memory safety issue in stb_image for openSUSE with critical patch. Refer to notice for further information.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for stb fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-42716: fixed buffer overflow in stb_image PNM loader

(boo#1191743)

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 Backports SLE-15-SP3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2022-18=1

Package List

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 (noarch):

stb-devel-2.32.1549563867.59e9702-bp153.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42716.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1191743

Severity
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:0018-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 .

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