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SUSE: 2022:4306-1 Moderate: Security Update for BCEL Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey December 1, 2022
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An Ubuntu upgrade addresses a significant vulnerability in libxml2, enhancing system security and performance across multiple versions.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for bcel fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-42920: Fixed producing arbitrary bytecode via out-of-bounds writing (bsc#1205125). 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-15.4-2022-4306=1 - openSUSE Leap 15.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-4306=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2022-4306=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2022-4306=1 Package List: - openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch): bcel-5.2-150200.11.3.1

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References

#1205125

Cross- CVE-2022-42920

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-42920 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-42920 (SUSE): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP4

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:4306-1
Rating: moderate

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