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openSUSE 15.4/15.5: 2023:3858-1 Moderate: Gsl Stack Overflow Fix

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Important patch for gsl resolved a buffer overflow vulnerability linked to CVE-2020-35357 in openSUSE systems. Find further details!
This update for gsl fixes the following issues: CVE-2020-35357: Fixed a stack out of bounds read in gsl_stats_quantile_from_sorted_data()

Description

This update for gsl fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2020-35357: Fixed a stack out of bounds read in

gsl_stats_quantile_from_sorted_data(). (bsc#1214681)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update CVE fix stack overflow openSUSE gsl

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:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3858=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3858=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP4-2023-3858=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP5-2023-3858=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP4-2023-3858=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP5-2023-3858=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* gsl_2_6-gnu-hpc-doc-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* gsl_2_6-gnu-hpc-debugsource-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* gsl-debuginfo-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* gsl-debugsource-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* libgsl-gnu-hpc-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* gsl-devel-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* gsl_2_6-gnu-hpc-devel-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* libgslcblas0-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* libgslcblas_2_6-gnu-hpc-debuginfo-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* libgsl_2_6-gnu-hpc-debuginfo-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* libgsl25-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* libgslcblas-gnu-hpc-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* libgsl25-debuginfo-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* gsl-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* libgslcblas_2_6-gnu-hpc-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* libgslcblas0-debuginfo-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* gsl_2_6-gnu-hpc-debuginfo-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* libgsl_2_6-gnu-hpc-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* gsl-doc-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* gsl_2_6-gnu-hpc-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* gsl_2_6-gnu-hpc-module-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)

* gsl_2_6-gnu-hpc-examples-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* gsl-gnu-hpc-doc-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* gsl-examples-2.6-150200.3.4.3

* gsl-gnu-hpc-2.6-150200.3.4.3

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* #1214681

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35357.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214681

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3858-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update CVE fix stack overflow openSUSE gsl

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