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openSUSE 15.4 SUSE-SU-2023:0065-1 Moderate Memory Safety Issue

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Calendar Grey January 11, 2023
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A security patch has been released for w3m to fix a memory safety vulnerability classified as moderate. It is essential to apply updates without delay.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for w3m fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2022-38223: Fixed a memory safety issue when dumping crafted input

to standard out (bsc#1202684).

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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-15.4-2023-65=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension 15-SP3:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-RT-15-SP3-2023-65=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-65=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

w3m-0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1

w3m-debuginfo-0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1

w3m-debugsource-0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1

w3m-inline-image-0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1

w3m-inline-image-debuginfo-0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension 15-SP3 (x86_64):

w3m-0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1

w3m-debuginfo-0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1

w3m-debugsource-0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

w3m-0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1

w3m-debuginfo-0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1

w3m-debugsource-0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38223.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1202684

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:0065-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension 15-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP4 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 SUSE Manager Server 4.3 openSUSE Leap 15.4

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