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SUSE: 2024:2173-1 Low: Advisory on Qpdf Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey June 24, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE releases a security patch for qpdf that remedies a minor severity denial of service vulnerability identified as CVE-2018-9918.
* bsc#1089090 Cross-References: * CVE-2018-9918

Summary

## This update for qpdf fixes the following issues: * CVE-2018-9918: Fixed mishandled "expected dictionary key but found non-name object" cases that could have allowed attackers to cause a denial of service. (bsc#1089090) ## 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 Software Development Kit 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2024-2173=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-2173=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-2173=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service low severity SUSE patch instructions qpdf

References

* bsc#1089090

Cross-

* CVE-2018-9918

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2018-9918 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2018-9918 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2018-9918 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-9918.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1089090

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:2173-1
Rating: low

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service low severity SUSE patch instructions qpdf

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