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SUSE: 2019:2750-1 Moderate: Zziplib Memory Leak and Division By Zero

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Calendar Grey October 23, 2019
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch: Critical update for zziplib, addressing memory overflow and division-by-zero vulnerabilities in software utilities.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for zziplib fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2018-16548: Prevented memory leak from __zzip_parse_root_directory(). Free allocated structure if its address is not passed back. (bsc#1107424) Other issue addressed: - Prevented a division by zero (bsc#1129403). 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 Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2019-2750=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate memory leak development tools SUSE division by zero zziplib

References

#1107424 #1129403

Cross- CVE-2018-16548

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16548.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1107424

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1129403

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:2750-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate memory leak development tools SUSE division by zero zziplib

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