openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4: 2022:10235-1 Important Buffer Overflow Fix
opensuse
December 8, 2022
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Description
This update for matio fixes the following issues:
Update to version 1.5.23:
* Fixed testsuite regression from version 1.5.22.
Changes from version 1.5.22:
* Added support for reading large MAT file.
* Updated cmake-conan to version 0.17.0.
* Fixed CMake build with Conan (MATIO_USE_CONAN:BOOL=ON).
* Fixed data type when reading 16-bit character data from HDF5 MAT file.
* Fixed heap-based buffer overflows when reading (crafted) MAT file
(CVE-2020-36428, CVE-2021-36977).
* Confirmed compatibility with HDF5 v1.13.0 and v1.13.1.
* Several other fixes, for example for memory leaks.
Topics Covered
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-SP4:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2022-10235=1
Package List
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
libmatio-devel-1.5.23-bp154.2.3.1
libmatio11-1.5.23-bp154.2.3.1
matio-tools-1.5.23-bp154.2.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36428.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-36977.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193873
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193874
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:10235-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4
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Topics Covered
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