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SUSE: 2021:1646-1 Elevation of Privilege Risk in graphviz Software

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Calendar Grey May 19, 2021
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A critical vulnerability in Graphviz affects SUSE systems, enabling remote code execution. Immediate patching is essential to protect against exploits
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for graphviz fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-18032: Fixed possible remote code execution via buffer overflow (bsc#1185833). 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-9-2021-1646=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-1646=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-1646=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2021-1646=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5:

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security advisory critical issue update remote code execution SUSE graphviz

References

#1185833

Cross- CVE-2020-18032

CVSS scores:

CVE-2020-18032 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2020-18032 (SUSE): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3

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-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP5

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1646-1
Rating: critical

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security advisory critical issue update remote code execution SUSE graphviz

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