Security update for rpm

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3939-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-20266 ( SUSE ): 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2021-20266 ( NVD ): 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-20271 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2021-20271 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2021-3421 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2021-3421 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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 three vulnerabilities and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for rpm fixes the following issues:

  • Fixed PGP parsing bugs (bsc#1185299).
  • Fixed various format handling bugs (bsc#996280).
  • CVE-2021-3421: Fixed vulnerability where unsigned headers could be injected into the rpm database (bsc#1183543).
  • CVE-2021-20271: Fixed vulnerability where a corrupted rpm could corrupt the rpm database (bsc#1183545).
  • CVE-2021-20266: Fixed missing bounds check in hdrblobInit (bsc#1183632).

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed deadlock when multiple rpm processes tried to acquire the database lock (bsc#1183659).

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-SP5-2022-3939=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-3939=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-3939=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-3939=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • rpm-devel-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-debuginfo-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-debugsource-4.11.2-16.26.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • python3-rpm-debugsource-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • python3-rpm-debuginfo-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-build-debuginfo-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-python-debugsource-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-build-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-debuginfo-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-debugsource-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • python3-rpm-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-python-debuginfo-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-python-4.11.2-16.26.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • rpm-32bit-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-debuginfo-32bit-4.11.2-16.26.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python3-rpm-debugsource-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • python3-rpm-debuginfo-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-build-debuginfo-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-python-debugsource-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-build-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-debuginfo-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-debugsource-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • python3-rpm-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-python-debuginfo-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-python-4.11.2-16.26.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (s390x x86_64)
    • rpm-32bit-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-debuginfo-32bit-4.11.2-16.26.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • python3-rpm-debugsource-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • python3-rpm-debuginfo-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-build-debuginfo-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-python-debugsource-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-build-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-debuginfo-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-debugsource-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • python3-rpm-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-python-debuginfo-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-python-4.11.2-16.26.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • rpm-32bit-4.11.2-16.26.1
    • rpm-debuginfo-32bit-4.11.2-16.26.1

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