SUSE: Colord Moderate CVE-2021-42523 Crash Fix 2025:3899-1
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October 31, 2025
* bsc#1250750 Cross-References: * CVE-2021-42523
Summary
## This update for colord fixes the following issues: * CVE-2021-42523: The original fix was wrong and did not properly free the error, resulting in a crash that has now been addressed (bsc#1250750). ## 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: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3899=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3899=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3899=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3899=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3899=1
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1250750
Cross-
* CVE-2021-42523
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2021-42523 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
* CVE-2021-42523 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
* openSUSE Leap 15.4
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.
##
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42523.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250750
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3899-1
Release Date: 2025-10-31T14:56:13Z
Rating: moderate
Topics Covered
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