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SUSE: 2022:2678-1 Medium Severity: Wavpack Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey August 5, 2022
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SUSE Security Update resolves minor severity null dereference vulnerability in wavpack, including guidance for applying patches and listing of impacted products.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for wavpack fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-2476: Fixed a Null pointer dereference in wvunpack (bsc#1201716). 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-15.4-2022-2681=1 - openSUSE Leap 15.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-2681=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP4-2022-2681=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP3-2022-2681=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update null pointer low severity suse wavpack desktop applications

References

#1201716

Cross- CVE-2022-2476

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-2476 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2022-2476 (SUSE): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP3

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2681-1
Rating: low

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update null pointer low severity suse wavpack desktop applications

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