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SUSE: 2023:3954-2 Important: libeconf Buffer Overflow Issues

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Calendar Grey October 18, 2023
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The latest enhancement from SUSE regarding libeconf tackles several critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities, thereby boosting overall system resilience.
* bsc#1211078 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-22652 * CVE-2023-30078

Summary

## This update for libeconf fixes the following issues: Update to version 0.5.2. * CVE-2023-30078, CVE-2023-32181: Fixed a stack-buffer-overflow vulnerability in "econf_writeFile" function (bsc#1211078). * CVE-2023-30079, CVE-2023-22652: Fixed a stack-buffer-overflow vulnerability in "read_file" function. (bsc#1211078) ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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 Micro 5.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2023-3954=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 s390x x86_64) * libeconf0-0.5.2-150400.3.6.1 * libeconf-debugsource-0.5.2-150400.3.6.1

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References

* bsc#1211078

Cross-

* CVE-2023-22652

* CVE-2023-30078

* CVE-2023-30079

* CVE-2023-32181

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-22652 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2023-22652 ( NVD ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2023-30078 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2023-30078 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2023-30079 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2023-30079 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2023-32181 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2023-32181 ( NVD ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3954-2
Rating: important

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