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SUSE: 2022:2669-1 Critical Update: qpdf Buffer Overflow Resolution

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Calendar Grey August 4, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
New patch rolled out for qpdf tackling severe vulnerabilities in SUSE Linux, classified as significant with various remedial measures implemented.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for qpdf fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-34503: Fixed a heap buffer overflow via the function QPDF::processXRefStream (bsc#1201830). - CVE-2021-36978: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write (bsc#1188514). 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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2022-2669=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2022-2669=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2022-2669=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4:

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Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow important heap overflow SUSE qpdf

References

#1188514 #1201830

Cross- CVE-2021-36978 CVE-2022-34503

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-36978 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2021-36978 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2022-34503 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2022-34503 (SUSE): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
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Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2669-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow important heap overflow SUSE qpdf

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