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SUSE: 2022:2920-1 Important: gnutls Memory Corruption Vulnerability Fixes

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Calendar Grey August 26, 2022
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SUSE reveals an important gnutls patch addressing a significant security flaw. Upgrade your systems promptly for improved protection.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update for gnutls fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-2509: Fixed a double free issue during PKCS7 verification (bsc#1202020). Non-security fixes: - FIPS: Check minimum keylength for symmetric key generation [bsc#1190698] - FIPS: Only allows ECDSA signature with valid set of hashes (SHA2 and SHA3) [bsc#1190698] - FIPS: Provides interface for running library self tests on-demand [bsc#1198979] 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-15.4-2022-2919=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2022-2919=1

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security advisory update patch important SUSE Linux double free gnuTLS

References

#1190698 #1198979 #1202020

Cross- CVE-2022-2509

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-2509 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2022-2509 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP4

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3

SUSE Manager Server 4.3

openSUSE Leap 15.4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2509.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190698

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1198979

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1202020

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2919-1
Rating: important

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security advisory update patch important SUSE Linux double free gnuTLS

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