SUSE: 2022:4021-1 Critical Advisory for Texlive Buffer Overflow
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February 21, 2019
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update for texlive fixes the following issue: - CVE-2018-17407: Prevent buffer overflow when handling of Type 1 fonts allowed arbitrary code execution when a malicious font was loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex (bsc#1109673) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-458=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2019-458=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2019-458=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:
References
#1109673
Cross- CVE-2018-17407
Affected Products:
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17407.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1109673
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3033-2
Rating: important
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