SUSE: 2022:3489-1 Important: Expat Threat Mitigation Update
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October 1, 2022
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: - openSUSE Leap 15.4: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-3489=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2022-3489=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2022-3489=1 Package List: - openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): expat-2.4.4-150400.3.9.1 expat-debuginfo-2.4.4-150400.3.9.1 expat-debugsource-2.4.4-150400.3.9.1
Topics Covered
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 Desktop 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
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-2022-40674.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1203438
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3489-1
Rating: important
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