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SUSE: 2020:14384-1 Low Severity: Transfig Buffer Underwrite Issue

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Calendar Grey June 4, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
A new release has been issued addressing a buffer overflow vulnerability in transfig, improving protection for SUSE software.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for transfig fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2018-16140: Fixed a buffer underwrite vulnerability in get_line() in read.c, which allowed an attacker to write prior to the beginning of the buffer via specially crafted .fig file (bsc#1106531) 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 Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-transfig-14384=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ppc64 s390x x86_64): transfig-debuginfo-3.2.5-160.6.20 transfig-debugsource-3.2.5-160.6.20

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References

#1106531

Cross- CVE-2018-16140

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16140.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1106531

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14384-1
Rating: low

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