Security update for avahi

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1014-2
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-38469 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-38469 ( NVD ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-38471 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-38471 ( NVD ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for avahi fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2023-38471: Fixed reachable assertion in dbus_set_host_name (bsc#1216594).
  • CVE-2023-38469: Fixed reachable assertions in avahi (bsc#1216598).

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 Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2024-1014=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libavahi-client3-debuginfo-0.8-150400.7.16.1
    • avahi-debuginfo-0.8-150400.7.16.1
    • libavahi-core7-0.8-150400.7.16.1
    • avahi-0.8-150400.7.16.1
    • libavahi-common3-debuginfo-0.8-150400.7.16.1
    • libavahi-core7-debuginfo-0.8-150400.7.16.1
    • libavahi-common3-0.8-150400.7.16.1
    • avahi-debugsource-0.8-150400.7.16.1
    • libavahi-client3-0.8-150400.7.16.1

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