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SUSE: 2023:4792-2 Critical: Expat Remote Memory Leak Advisory

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
Recent modifications for expat address a use-after-free vulnerability on SUSE systems, categorized with high priority.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for expat fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-40674: Fixed use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c (bsc#1203438). 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-9-2022-3466=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2022-3466=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2022-3466=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2022-3466=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical fix SUSE expat remote memory leak

References

#1203438

Cross- CVE-2022-40674

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-40674 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-40674 (SUSE): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40674.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1203438

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3466-1
Rating: important

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security advisory critical fix SUSE expat remote memory leak

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