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SUSE: 2022:1516-1 Important: libwmf DoS Vulnerability Fix

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Calendar Grey May 4, 2022
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SUSE Security Patch for libwmf tackling severe vulnerabilities. Resolves memory management concerns and fortifies protection for infrastructures.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for libwmf fixes the following issues: libwmf was updated to 0.2.12: * upstream changed to fork from Fedora: https://github.com/caolanm/libwmf * merged all the pending fixes * merge in fixes for libgd CVE-2019-6978 (bsc#1123522) * fixed memory allocation failure (CVE-2016-9011) * Fixes for %_libexecdir changing to /usr/libexec (bsc#1174075) 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: - openSUSE Leap 15.4: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-1516=1 - openSUSE Leap 15.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-1516=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP4:

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update DoS important system patch libwmf SUSE Linux Enterprise

References

#1006739 #1123522 #1174075

Cross- CVE-2016-9011 CVE-2019-6978

CVSS scores:

CVE-2016-9011 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2019-6978 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2019-6978 (SUSE): 4.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP3

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:1516-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update DoS important system patch libwmf SUSE Linux Enterprise

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