Security update for libeconf

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3954-2
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-22652 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-22652 ( NVD ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2023-30078 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-30078 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-30079 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-30079 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-32181 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-32181 ( NVD ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libeconf fixes the following issues:

Update to version 0.5.2.

  • CVE-2023-30078, CVE-2023-32181: Fixed a stack-buffer-overflow vulnerability in "econf_writeFile" function (bsc#1211078).
  • CVE-2023-30079, CVE-2023-22652: Fixed a stack-buffer-overflow vulnerability in "read_file" function. (bsc#1211078)

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-5.5-2023-3954=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • libeconf0-0.5.2-150400.3.6.1
    • libeconf-debugsource-0.5.2-150400.3.6.1
    • libeconf0-debuginfo-0.5.2-150400.3.6.1

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