Security update for ed

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:14005-1
Rating: low
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-5357 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ed fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2017-5357: An invalid free in the regular expression handling of the "ed" command processing could allow local users to crash ed. (bsc#1019807)

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 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-ed-14005=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-ed-14005=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • ed-0.2-1001.30.3.4
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • ed-0.2-1001.30.3.4

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