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SUSE: 2021:2011-1 Critical Update: xterm Buffer Overflow Issue

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Calendar Grey June 18, 2021
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SUSE Security Update for gnome-shell addresses a major memory leak issue; comprehensive installation instructions provided.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for xterm fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-27135: Fixed buffer-overflow when clicking on selected utf8 text. (bsc#1182091) 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-SP3-2021-2011=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-2011=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): xterm-330-11.3.1 xterm-bin-330-11.3.1 xterm-bin-debuginfo-330-11.3.1 xterm-debugsource-330-11.3.1

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References

#1182091

Cross- CVE-2021-27135

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-27135 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-27135 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27135.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182091

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2011-1
Rating: important

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