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SUSE: 2025:0314-1 significant: orc buffer overflow resolution update

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Calendar Grey January 31, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Addresses significant vulnerability affecting orc in SUSE Linux Enterprise, encompassing essential update information and guidance for applying patches.
* bsc#1228184 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-40897

Summary

## This update for orc fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-40897: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the Orc compiler when formatting error messages for certain input files (bsc#1228184) ## 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 Server 12 SP5 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2025-314=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-314=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * orc-debugsource-0.4.21-3.6.1 * liborc-0_4-0-debuginfo-0.4.21-3.6.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important SUSE orc

References

* bsc#1228184

Cross-

* CVE-2024-40897

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-40897 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-40897 ( NVD ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/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 12 SP5 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40897.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228184

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0314-1
Release Date: 2025-01-31T16:03:47Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important SUSE orc

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