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SUSE: 2022:3496-1 moderate vulnerability: colord memory leak identified

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Calendar Grey October 4, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Update: Important update for gnome-shell resolves potential vulnerabilities, maintaining system safety.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for colord fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-42523: Fixed a small memory leak in sqlite3_exec (bsc#1202802). 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-15.4-2022-3496=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP4-2022-3496=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP4-2022-3496=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2022-3496=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity memory leak system patch SUSE Linux colord update

References

#1202802

Cross- CVE-2021-42523

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-42523 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2021-42523 (SUSE): 4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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 Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 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/...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3496-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity memory leak system patch SUSE Linux colord update

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