Security update for libgsf

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:3770-1
Release Date: 2024-10-29T12:55:17Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-9888 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-36474 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-36474 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-36474 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-36474 ( NVD ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-42415 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-42415 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-42415 ( NVD ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-42415 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/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 12 SP5 LTSS 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libgsf fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-9888: Fixed null pointer dereference with corrupted tar files (bsc#1014609)
  • CVE-2024-36474: Fixed out-of-bounds index when processing a directory via an integer overflow in the compound document binary file format parser (bsc#1231282)
  • CVE-2024-42415: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow when processing the sector allocation table via an integer overflow in the compound document binary file format parser (bsc#1231283)

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 12-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2024-3770=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security 12-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2024-3770=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libgsf-1-114-debuginfo-1.14.40-8.3.1
    • libgsf-debugsource-1.14.40-8.3.1
    • libgsf-1-114-1.14.40-8.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS 12-SP5 (noarch)
    • libgsf-lang-1.14.40-8.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS 12-SP5 (s390x x86_64)
    • libgsf-1-114-debuginfo-32bit-1.14.40-8.3.1
    • libgsf-1-114-32bit-1.14.40-8.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security 12-SP5 (x86_64)
    • libgsf-1-114-debuginfo-1.14.40-8.3.1
    • libgsf-1-114-debuginfo-32bit-1.14.40-8.3.1
    • libgsf-1-114-1.14.40-8.3.1
    • libgsf-debugsource-1.14.40-8.3.1
    • libgsf-1-114-32bit-1.14.40-8.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security 12-SP5 (noarch)
    • libgsf-lang-1.14.40-8.3.1

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