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SUSE: 2018:4063-1 Important: python-cryptography Memory Leak Fix

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Calendar Grey December 10, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE releases crucial security patch for python-cryptography and python-pyOpenSSL, tackling critical vulnerabilities.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for python-cryptography, python-pyOpenSSL fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-1000808: A memory leak due to missing reference checking in PKCS#12 store handling was fixed (bsc#1111634) - CVE-2018-1000807: A use-after-free in X509 object handling was fixed (bsc#1111635) - avoid bad interaction with python-cryptography package. (bsc#1021578) 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-7-2018-2885=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-LTSS-2018-2885=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory important memory leak SUSE use-after-free python-cryptography python-pyopenssl

References

#1021578 #1111634 #1111635

Cross- CVE-2018-1000807 CVE-2018-1000808

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3

SUSE Enterprise Storage 4

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:4063-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory important memory leak SUSE use-after-free python-cryptography python-pyopenssl

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