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openSUSE: 2023:3555-1 Important Update On libssh2 Memory Access Issue

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Calendar Grey September 8, 2023
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Significant patch for libssh2 resolves memory management flaw in openSUSE variants alongside security enhancements.
This update for libssh2_org fixes the following issues: CVE-2020-22218: Fixed a bug in _libssh2_packet_add() which allows to access out of bounds memory

Description

This update for libssh2_org fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2020-22218: Fixed a bug in _libssh2_packet_add() which allows to access

out of bounds memory. (bsc#1214527)

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2023-3555=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2023-3555=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3555=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3555=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-3555=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-3555=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-3555=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-3555=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-3555=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t...

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Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libssh2_org-debugsource-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* libssh2-1-debuginfo-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* libssh2-1-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libssh2_org-debugsource-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* libssh2-1-debuginfo-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* libssh2-1-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libssh2_org-debugsource-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* libssh2-devel-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* libssh2-1-debuginfo-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* libssh2-1-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)

* libssh2-1-32bit-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* libssh2-1-32bit-debuginfo-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libssh2_org-debugsource-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* libssh2-devel-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* libssh2-1-debuginfo-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* libssh2-1-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)

* libssh2-1-32bit-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* libssh2-1-32bit-debuginfo-1.9.0-150000.4.16.1

* SUSE...

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References

* #1214527

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-22218.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214527

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3555-1
Rating: important

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