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SUSE: 2024:1820-1 Critical: libxml2 Vulnerability Patch

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Calendar Grey May 28, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
A crucial security patch for glibc-livepatches mitigates a buffer overflow vulnerability labeled CVE-2024-2961. This update is vital for SUSE operating systems.
* bsc#1223019 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-2961

Summary

## This update for glibc-livepatches fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-2961: Fixed that the iconv() function in the GNU C Library may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set (bsc#1223019). ## 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 Live Patching 15-SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2024-1805=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-1805=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2024-1805=1 ## Package List:

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security advisory buffer overflow important glibc SUSE openSUSE live patching

References

* bsc#1223019

Cross-

* CVE-2024-2961

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-2961 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1805-1
Rating: important

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security advisory buffer overflow important glibc SUSE openSUSE live patching

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