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openSUSE Leap 15.4: 2022:0150-2 Important: Aide Buffer Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey February 17, 2022
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openSUSE Security Patch for aide addresses critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Promptly apply this update to maintain system security integrity.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for aide fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-45417: Fix a bufferoverflow in base64 functions (bsc#1194735)

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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 15.4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-150=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

aide-0.16-24.1

aide-debuginfo-0.16-24.1

aide-debugsource-0.16-24.1

aide-test-0.16-24.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-45417.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194735

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:0150-2
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.4 .

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