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SUSE Linux 12-SP5: 2022:3992-1 Moderate: DHCP Memory Leak

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Calendar Grey November 15, 2022
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A release from SUSE tackles significant vulnerabilities in DNS, categorized with intermediate severity ratings for corporate systems.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for dhcp fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-2928: Fixed an option refcount overflow (bsc#1203988). - CVE-2022-2929: Fixed a DHCP memory leak (bsc#1203989). 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-SP5-2022-3992=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-3992=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): dhcp-debuginfo-4.3.3-10.28.1 dhcp-debugsource-4.3.3-10.28.1 dhcp-devel-4.3.3-10.28.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate memory leak DHCP SUSE option overflow

References

#1203988 #1203989

Cross- CVE-2022-2928 CVE-2022-2929

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-2928 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2022-2928 (SUSE): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2022-2929 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2022-2929 (SUSE): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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-2022-2928.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2929.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1203988

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1203989

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3992-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate memory leak DHCP SUSE option overflow

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