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Critical update for openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5: htmldoc buffer overflow

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Calendar Grey November 5, 2024
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This crucial software patch addresses a memory leak in imgtool, improving security for Debian systems.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for htmldoc fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2024-46478: Fixed a buffer overflow when handling tabs through the

parse_pre function (boo#1232380).

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important htmldoc openSUSE Backports

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security 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 Backports SLE-15-SP5:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2024-349=1

Package List

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

htmldoc-1.9.16-bp155.2.6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-46478.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1232380

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2024:0349-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5 .

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security advisory buffer overflow important htmldoc openSUSE Backports

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