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openSUSE: colord Moderate CVE-2021-42523 Fix Advisory SUSE-2025:3949-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey November 5, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update for openSUSE addresses the critical colord vulnerability CVE-2021-42523. Installation instructions included.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for colord fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2021-42523: The original fix was wrong and did not properly free the

error, resulting in a crash that has now been addressed (bsc#1250750).

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS important OpenSUSE colord cve-2021-42523

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 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3949=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3949=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-3949=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-3949=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-3949=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2025-3949=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP6-2025-3949=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP7-2025-3949=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* colord-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* libcolord2-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* libcolorhug2-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* colord-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* typelib-1_0-Colord-1_0-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* colord-debugsource-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* libcolord-devel-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* libcolord2-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* colord-color-profiles-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* typelib-1_0-Colorhug-1_0-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* libcolorhug2-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* colord-lang-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* libcolord2-32bit-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* libcolord2-32bit-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libcolord2-64bit-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* libcolord2-64bit-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* colord-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* colord-debugsource-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* libcolord2-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* libcolord2-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7...

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References

* bsc#1250750

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42523.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250750

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3949-1
Release Date: 2025-11-05T10:05:06Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS important OpenSUSE colord cve-2021-42523

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