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SUSE: 2021:2968-1 Low Severity: OpenSSL Buffer Overflow Patch

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Calendar Grey September 7, 2021
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SUSE Security Patch for openssl-1_1 targeting minor severity flaw CVE-2022-0498 providing guidance for implementation to users.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for openssl-1_1 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-3712: This is an update for the incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3712. Read buffer overruns processing ASN.1 strings (bsc#1189521). 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 Server for SAP 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2021-2968=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-2968=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-BCL-2021-2968=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS:

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Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow low severity SUSE openssl patch instructions

References

#1189521

Cross- CVE-2021-3712

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-3712 (SUSE): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Enterprise Storage 6

SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3712.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189521

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2968-1
Rating: low

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