SUSE: 2022:0088-1 Moderate: Ghostscript Heap Overflow Threats
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January 17, 2022
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-45944: Fixed use-after-free in sampled_data_sample (bsc#1194303) - CVE-2021-45949: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in sampled_data_finish (bsc#1194304) 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 Module for Basesystem 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2022-88=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): ghostscript-9.52-161.1 ghostscript-debuginfo-9.52-161.1 ghostscript-debugsource-9.52-161.1 ghostscript-devel-9.52-161.1
Topics Covered
References
#1194303 #1194304
Cross- CVE-2021-45944 CVE-2021-45949
CVSS scores:
CVE-2021-45944 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2021-45944 (SUSE): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2021-45949 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2021-45949 (SUSE): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-45944.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-45949.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194303
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194304
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:0088-1
Rating: moderate
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