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SUSE: 2021:2013-1 Important: Xterm Buffer Overflow High Severity

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Calendar Grey June 18, 2021
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SUSE Security Announcement for xterm, crucial update for CVE-2021-27136, resolving memory corruption vulnerabilities.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata 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 Manager Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-2013=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-2013=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-2013=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2021-2013=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity buffer overflow software update xterm SUSE Linux SUSE Manager

References

#1169444 #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 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 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 ...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2013-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity buffer overflow software update xterm SUSE Linux SUSE Manager

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