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openSUSE 15.4 SUSE-SU-2023:0348-1 Moderate: less Denial of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey February 10, 2023
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SUSE issued a security patch for less, addressing a denial-of-service vulnerability with a moderate severity classification.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for less fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2022-46663: Fixed denial-of-service by printing specially crafted

escape sequences to the terminal (bsc#1207815).

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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 Micro 5.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2023-348=1

- openSUSE Leap 15.4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-348=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-348=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-348=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (aarch64 x86_64):

less-590-150400.3.3.1

less-debuginfo-590-150400.3.3.1

less-debugsource-590-150400.3.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

less-590-150400.3.3.1

less-debuginfo-590-150400.3.3.1

less-debugsource-590-150400.3.3.1

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

less-590-150400.3.3.1

less-debuginfo-590-150400.3.3.1

less-debugsource-590-150400.3.3.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64):

less-590-150400.3.3.1

less-debuginfo-590-150400.3.3.1

less-debugsource-590-150400.3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46663.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207815

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:0348-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4 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 openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3

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