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SUSE: 2022:2015-2 Critical: xterm Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey June 18, 2021
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SUSE announces critical security patch for gnome-terminal rectifying buffer overflow weaknesses across various product categories.
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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-2014=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-2014=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-2014=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2021-2014=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2021-2014=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow software update important xterm threat mitigation SUSE

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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL

HPE Helion Openstack 8

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182091

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2014-1
Rating: important

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security advisory buffer overflow software update important xterm threat mitigation SUSE

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