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SUSE: 2024:1500-1 Moderate Risk: Avahi Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey May 6, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
A crucial security patch for Avahi in SUSE has been released, tackling two denial of service vulnerabilities found in various versions.
* bsc#1215947 * bsc#1216853 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-38470

Summary

## This update for avahi fixes the following issues: * CVE-2023-38472: Fixed denial of service due to a reachable assertion found in avahi_rdata_parse (bsc#1216853) * CVE-2023-38470: Fixed denial of service due to a reachable assertion found in avahi_escape_label (bsc#1215947) * * * ## 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 Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2024-1500=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2024-1500=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1500=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update security fix moderate severity SUSE avahi

References

* bsc#1215947

* bsc#1216853

Cross-

* CVE-2023-38470

* CVE-2023-38472

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-38470 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2023-38470 ( NVD ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2023-38472 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2023-38472 ( NVD ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

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* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38470.html

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1500-1
Rating: moderate

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security advisory denial of service software update security fix moderate severity SUSE avahi

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