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SUSE: 2022:15987-5 Critical: Kernel Memory Leak Resolutions

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Calendar Grey October 6, 2021
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An important update for Ubuntu concerning python3 has been rolled out to tackle several vulnerabilities and bring vital improvements for overall performance.
An update that solves 9 vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for transfig fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-3561: Fixed global buffer overflow in fig2dev/read.c in function read_colordef() (bsc#1186329). - CVE-2019-19797: Fixed out-of-bounds write in read_colordef in read.c (bsc#1159293). - CVE-2019-19746: Fixed segmentation fault and out-of-bounds write because of an integer overflow via a large arrow type (bsc#1159130). - CVE-2019-19555: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow because of an incorrect sscanf (bsc#1161698). - CVE-2019-14275: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the calc_arrow function in bound.c (bsc#1143650). - CVE-2020-21680: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the put_arrow() component in genpict2e.c (bsc#1189343). - CVE-2020-21681: Fixed a global buffer overflow in the set_color component in genge.c (bsc#1189345).

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security advisory buffer overflow critical important security issues SUSE Linux Enterprise transfig

References

#1136882 #1143650 #1159130 #1159293 #1161698

#1186329 #1189325 #1189343 #1189345 #1189346

Cross- CVE-2019-14275 CVE-2019-19555 CVE-2019-19746

CVE-2019-19797 CVE-2020-21680 CVE-2020-21681

CVE-2020-21682 CVE-2020-21683 CVE-2021-3561

CVSS scores:

CVE-2019-14275 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2019-14275 (SUSE): 4.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CVE-2019-19555 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2019-19555 (SUSE): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVE-2019-19746 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2019-19746 (SUSE): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVE-2019-19797 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14823-1
Rating: important

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security advisory buffer overflow critical important security issues SUSE Linux Enterprise transfig

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