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openSUSE 15.4/15.5 Critical: Libwebp Heap Overflow CVE-2023-4863

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Calendar Grey September 18, 2023
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The recent essential patch for Libwebp tackles the CVE-2023-4864 heap overflow vulnerability prevalent in multiple Red Hat distributions.
This update for libwebp fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-4863: Fixed heap buffer overflow (bsc#1215231).

Description

This update for libwebp fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-4863: Fixed heap buffer overflow (bsc#1215231).

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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 Package Hub 15 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP4-2023-3634=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP5-2023-3634=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-3634=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-ESPOS-2023-3634=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-3634=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-3634=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3

zypper in -t patch...

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Package List

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP4 (x86_64)

* libwebp7-32bit-debuginfo-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebp7-32bit-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP5 (x86_64)

* libwebp-debugsource-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebp7-32bit-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64

x86_64)

* libwebp7-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebpdecoder3-debuginfo-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebpmux3-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebpmux3-debuginfo-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebpdemux2-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebp7-debuginfo-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebp-devel-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebpdecoder3-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebpdemux2-debuginfo-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebp-debugsource-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3 (aarch64

x86_64)

* libwebp7-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebpdecoder3-debuginfo-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebpmux3-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebpmux3-debuginfo-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

* libwebpdemux2-1.0.3-150200.3.10.1

*...

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References

* #1215231

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4863.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215231

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3634-1
Rating: critical

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