SUSE: 2023:4672-2 Critical: Exiv2 Vulnerability Resolution
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October 6, 2022
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for exiv2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-31291: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in jp2image.cpp may lead to a denial of service (bsc#1188733). - CVE-2021-32617: Fixed denial of service inside inefficient algorithm (quadratic complexity) (bsc#1186192). 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 Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2022-3543=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-3543=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
References
#1186192 #1188733
Cross- CVE-2021-31291 CVE-2021-32617
CVSS scores:
CVE-2021-31291 (SUSE): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2021-32617 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2021-32617 (SUSE): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31291.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-32617.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186192
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188733
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3543-1
Rating: moderate
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