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SUSE: 2021:5401-2 Moderate Risk: Cairo Loop Prevention Patch

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Calendar Grey October 22, 2021
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A new patch has been released to address a minor vulnerability in cairo, improving both security and efficiency of the system.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for cairo fixes the following issues: - CVE-2019-6462: Fixed a potentially infinite loop (bsc#1122321). 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 Software Development Kit 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2021-3502=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-3502=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): cairo-debugsource-1.15.2-25.6.2 cairo-devel-1.15.2-25.6.2 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): cairo-debugsource-1.15.2-25.6.2

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update low severity SUSE Linux cairo issue

References

#1122321

Cross- CVE-2019-6462

CVSS scores:

CVE-2019-6462 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2019-6462 (SUSE): 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6462.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1122321

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3502-1
Rating: low

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security advisory software update low severity SUSE Linux cairo issue

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