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SUSE: 2022:14938-1 Critical Alert on xz File Escaping Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey April 12, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
The xz package has released an important security patch concerning file handling vulnerabilities. Please update immediately to ensure the safety of your system.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for xz fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-1271: Fixed an incorrect escaping of malicious filenames (ZDI-CAN-16587). (bsc#1198062) 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 11-SP4-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp4-xz-14938=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-xz-14938=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-xz-14938=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-xz-14938=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS (i586 ppc64 s390x x86_64): liblzma5-5.0.3-0.12.7.1 xz-5.0.3-0.12.7.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update update important SUSE xz file escaping

References

#1198062

Cross- CVE-2022-1271

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-1271 (SUSE): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1271.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1198062

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:14938-1
Rating: important

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security advisory security update update important SUSE xz file escaping

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