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SUSE: 2018:1996-1 Moderate: Mercurial Security Threat Resolution

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Calendar Grey July 19, 2018
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SUSE Security Update resolves several medium severity vulnerabilities in mercurial, providing patching information and installation instructions.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for mercurial fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-13346: Fix mpatch_apply function in mpatch.c that incorrectly proceeds in cases where the fragment start is past the end of the original data (bsc#1100354). - CVE-2018-13347: Fix mpatch.c that mishandles integer addition and subtraction (bsc#1100355). - CVE-2018-13348: Fix the mpatch_decode function in mpatch.c that mishandles certain situations where there should be at least 12 bytes remaining after thecurrent position in the patch data (bsc#1100353). 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 Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update patch SUSE threat fix mercurial

References

#1100353 #1100354 #1100355

Cross- CVE-2018-13346 CVE-2018-13347 CVE-2018-13348

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-13346.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-13347.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-13348.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1100353

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1100354

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1100355

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1996-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update patch SUSE threat fix mercurial

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