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SUSE: 2021:1897-1 Critical: libxml2 Denial of Service Update

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Calendar Grey June 8, 2021
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SUSE Security Patch for pam_radius addresses a critical buffer overflow vulnerability that poses a moderate risk to system integrity.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for pam_radius fixes the following issues: - CVE-2015-9542: pam_radius: buffer overflow in password field (bsc#1163933) 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 Manager Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-1896=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-1896=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-1896=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2021-1896=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow software update patch SUSE pam_radius

References

#1163933

Cross- CVE-2015-9542

CVSS scores:

CVE-2015-9542 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2015-9542 (SUSE): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

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 Server Applications 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 1...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1896-1
Rating: moderate

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow software update patch SUSE pam_radius

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