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SUSE: 2022:4051-2 High: Apache HTTP Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey November 17, 2022
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SUSE Security Patch addresses buffer overflow in openvswitch, impacting SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for openvswitch fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-32166: Fixed out of bounds read in minimask_equal() (bsc#1203865). 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 Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-4050=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): libopenvswitch-2_11-0-2.11.5-3.12.1 libopenvswitch-2_11-0-debuginfo-2.11.5-3.12.1 openvswitch-2.11.5-3.12.1 openvswitch-debuginfo-2.11.5-3.12.1 openvswitch-debugsource-2.11.5-3.12.1

References

#1203865

Cross- CVE-2022-32166

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-32166 (NVD) : 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-32166 (SUSE): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-32166.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1203865

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:4050-1
Rating: moderate

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