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SUSE: 2018:2204-1 Moderate: libsoup Crash and Buffer Fix

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2018
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SUSE has released a crucial Security Update for libsoup that rectifies severe vulnerabilities linked to improper crash management and buffer overflow in application programming.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for libsoup fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2018-12910: Fix crash when handling empty hostnames (bsc#1100097). - CVE-2017-2885: Fix chunk decoding buffer overrun that could be exploited against either clients or servers (bsc#1052916). Bug fixes: - bsc#1086036: translation-update-upstream commented out for Leap 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 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-1497=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1497=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:

References

#1052916 #1086036 #1100097

Cross- CVE-2017-2885 CVE-2018-12910

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2885.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12910.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052916

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086036

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1100097

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2204-1
Rating: moderate

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