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SUSE: 2021:0491-1 Important: Screen Denial Of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey February 17, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
A crucial Fedora patch has just been released to fix a severe display flaw, bolstering your system’s security measures.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for screen fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-26937: Fixed double width combining char handling that could lead to a denial of service or code execution (bsc#1182092). 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 Crowbar 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-491=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-491=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-491=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2021-491=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:

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security advisory denial of service SUSE Linux important update CVE-2021-26937 screen update

References

#1182092

Cross- CVE-2021-26937

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-26937 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL

HPE Helion Openstack 8

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:0491-1
Rating: important

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