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openSUSE 15.5: 2023:3354-1 Critical: LibX11 Out-of-Bounds Read Issue

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Calendar Grey August 18, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Re2c has updated to fix CVE-2018-21232, a vulnerability causing excessive stack usage and potential denial of service. Update for better stability
This update for re2c fixes the following issues: CVE-2018-21232: Fixed excess stack consumption due to uncontrolled recursion in find_fixed_tags (bsc#1170890).

Description

This update for re2c fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2018-21232: Fixed excess stack consumption due to uncontrolled recursion

in find_fixed_tags (bsc#1170890).

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity vulnerability update instructions openSUSE stack consumption re2c

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Moderate 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-15.4-2023-3353=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3353=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-3353=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-3353=1

* SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.2-2023-3353=1

* SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-

Server-4.2-2023-3353=1

* SUSE Manager Server 4.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.2-2023-3353=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* re2c-debugsource-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* re2c-debuginfo-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* re2c-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* re2c-debugsource-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* re2c-debuginfo-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* re2c-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* re2c-debugsource-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* re2c-debuginfo-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* re2c-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* re2c-debugsource-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* re2c-debuginfo-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* re2c-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 (x86_64)

* re2c-debugsource-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* re2c-debuginfo-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* re2c-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 (x86_64)

* re2c-debugsource-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* re2c-debuginfo-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* re2c-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* re2c-debugsource-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

* re2c-debuginfo-1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* #1170890

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-21232.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170890

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3353-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity vulnerability update instructions openSUSE stack consumption re2c

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