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openSUSE Leap 15.5 SUSE-SU-2023:4215-1 Moderate: zlib Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey October 26, 2023
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The latest zlib update addresses moderate severity vulnerabilities related to integer overflows, which could potentially lead to buffer overflows in the minizip module.
This update for zlib fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-45853: Fixed an integer overflow that would lead to a buffer overflow in the minizip subcomponent (bsc#1216378).

Description

This update for zlib fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-45853: Fixed an integer overflow that would lead to a buffer

overflow in the minizip subcomponent (bsc#1216378).

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow moderate severity patch integer overflow zlib openSUSE

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:

* Development Tools Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP5-2023-4215=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-4215=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4215=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2023-4215=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-4215=1

Package List

* Development Tools Module 15-SP5 (x86_64)

* zlib-devel-32bit-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libminizip1-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* libz1-debuginfo-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* zlib-devel-static-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* libz1-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* zlib-devel-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* zlib-testsuite-debuginfo-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* minizip-devel-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* zlib-testsuite-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* libminizip1-debuginfo-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* zlib-debugsource-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)

* libminizip1-32bit-debuginfo-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* libz1-32bit-debuginfo-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* zlib-devel-32bit-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* zlib-devel-static-32bit-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* libminizip1-32bit-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* libz1-32bit-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libz1-64bit-debuginfo-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* zlib-devel-64bit-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* libminizip1-64bit-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

* libminizip1-64bit-debuginfo-1.2.13-150500.4.3.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1216378

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45853.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216378

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4215-1
Rating: moderate

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