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SUSE: 2022:3912-1 Important: Expat Use-After-Free Exchange

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Calendar Grey November 8, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
A significant update for SUSE has been released for libexif, targeting a serious security flaw along with comprehensive guidance for applying the patches.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for expat fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-43680: Fixed use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate (bsc#1204708). 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 Micro 5.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.2-2022-3912=1 - openSUSE Leap 15.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-3912=1 - SUSE Manager Server 4.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.1-2022-3912=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.1-2022-3912=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1:

References

#1204708

Cross- CVE-2022-43680

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-43680 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2022-43680 (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 CaaS Platform 4.0

SUSE Enterprise Storage 6

SUSE Enterprise Storage 7

SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Ent...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3912-1
Rating: important

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