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SUSE: 2021:1647-1 Important: lz4 Memory Corruption Issue

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Calendar Grey May 19, 2021
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SUSE Security Notice: Update for zlib addressing memory corruption vulnerabilities alongside an integer overflow risk, assigned a critical severity.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for lz4 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-3520: Fixed memory corruption due to an integer overflow bug caused by memmove argument (bsc#1185438). 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 MicroOS 5.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-1647=1 - SUSE Manager Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-1647=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-1647=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-1647=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory memory corruption important SUSE Manager SUSE Enterprise Storage lz4 SUSE MicroOS

References

#1185438

Cross- CVE-2021-3520

Affected Products:

SUSE MicroOS 5.0

SUSE Manager Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

SUSE Enterprise Storage 6

SUSE CaaS Platf...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1647-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory memory corruption important SUSE Manager SUSE Enterprise Storage lz4 SUSE MicroOS

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