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SUSE: 2021:3297-1 Moderate Update: curl STARTTLS and TLS Issues

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Calendar Grey October 6, 2021
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A recent patch for curl resolves two moderately severe vulnerabilities in SUSE environments. Review the procedure for applying the updates properly.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for curl fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-22947: Fixed STARTTLS protocol injection via MITM (bsc#1190374). - CVE-2021-22946: Fixed protocol downgrade required TLS bypassed (bsc#1190373). 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-SP1-2021-3297=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2021-3297=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-3297=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SUSE TLS curl STARTTLS

References

#1190373 #1190374

Cross- CVE-2021-22946 CVE-2021-22947

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-22946 (SUSE): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2021-22947 (SUSE): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

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 Computing 15-ESPOS

SUSE Enterprise Storage 6

SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3297-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SUSE TLS curl STARTTLS

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