Security update for patch

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:1932-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-6952 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-6952 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-13636 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2019-13636 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/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

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for patch fixes the following issues:

Security fixes:

  • CVE-2019-13636: Fixed mishandled following of symlinks in certain cases other than input files (bsc#1142041).
  • CVE-2018-6952: Fixed double free of memory in pch.c:another_hunk() (bsc#1080985).

Bugfixes:

  • Pass the correct stat to backup files (bsc#1198106).
  • Fix temporary file leak when applying ed-style patches (bsc#1092500).

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 High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1932=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1932=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1932=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • patch-debuginfo-2.7.5-8.8.1
    • patch-debugsource-2.7.5-8.8.1
    • patch-2.7.5-8.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • patch-debuginfo-2.7.5-8.8.1
    • patch-debugsource-2.7.5-8.8.1
    • patch-2.7.5-8.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • patch-debuginfo-2.7.5-8.8.1
    • patch-debugsource-2.7.5-8.8.1
    • patch-2.7.5-8.8.1

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