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SUSE: 2021:1825-1 Important: lz4 Memory Corruption Issue

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Calendar Grey June 1, 2021
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SUSE Security Patch for zlib: Addresses CVE-2021-3521 related to memory leaks in essential modules.
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 Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-1825=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): liblz4-1-1.9.2-3.3.1 liblz4-1-debuginfo-1.9.2-3.3.1 liblz4-devel-1.9.2-3.3.1 lz4-1.9.2-3.3.1 lz4-debuginfo-1.9.2-3.3.1 lz4-debugsource-1.9.2-3.3.1

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security advisory software update memory corruption important SUSE Linux patch instructions lz4

References

#1185438

Cross- CVE-2021-3520

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3520.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185438

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1825-1
Rating: important

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