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SUSE: 2020:2807-1 Moderate: Aspell Buffer Over-Read Issue

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Calendar Grey September 30, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE unveils a security patch addressing a moderate level vulnerability related to buffer over-read in aspell that impacts various SUSE distributions.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for aspell fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2019-20433: Fixed a buffer over-read when processing strings ending with a single '\0' byte with ucs-2 and ucs-4 encoding (bsc#1161982). 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-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-2807=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2807=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): aspell-debuginfo-0.60.6.1-18.8.2 aspell-debugsource-0.60.6.1-18.8.2

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer over-read SUSE Linux Enterprise aspell

References

#1161982

Cross- CVE-2019-20433

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20433.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1161982

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2807-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer over-read SUSE Linux Enterprise aspell

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