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SUSE: 2018:3608-1 Moderate: Fixes for Curl Out-Of-Bounds Issues

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Calendar Grey November 2, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
Addressing curl security issues: CVE-2018-16840 and CVE-2018-16842. Upgrading is advised to bolster protection.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for curl fixes the following issues: - CVE-2018-16840: A use after free in closing SASL handles was fixed (bsc#1112758) - CVE-2018-16842: A Out-of-bounds Read in tool_msgs.c was fixed which could lead to crashes (bsc#1113660) 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-SP3-2018-2563=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2563=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2563=1 - SUSE CaaS Platform ALL:

References

#1112758 #1113660

Cross- CVE-2018-16840 CVE-2018-16842

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3

SUSE CaaS Platform ALL

SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0

OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16840.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16842.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1112758

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1113660

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3608-1
Rating: moderate

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