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SUSE: 2022:14951-1 Important: Fixed Buffer Overflow in CIFS-Utils

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Calendar Grey April 27, 2022
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SUSE has released a security patch for cifs-utils that tackles a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting various SUSE Linux Enterprise offerings.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for cifs-utils fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-27239: Fixed a buffer overflow in the command line ip option (bsc#1197216). 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-cifs-utils-14951=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-cifs-utils-14951=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS (i586 ppc64 s390x x86_64): cifs-utils-5.1-0.16.3.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ppc64 s390x x86_64): cifs-utils-debuginfo-5.1-0.16.3.1 cifs-utils-debugsource-5.1-0.16.3.1

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References

#1197216

Cross- CVE-2022-27239

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-27239 (SUSE): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27239.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1197216

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:14951-1
Rating: important

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