Security update for glibc-livepatches

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1805-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-2961 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for glibc-livepatches fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2024-2961: Fixed that the iconv() function in the GNU C Library may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set (bsc#1223019).

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 Live Patching 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2024-1805=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-1805=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2024-1805=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (x86_64)
    • glibc-livepatches-0.1-150400.3.3.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
    • glibc-livepatches-0.1-150400.3.3.1
    • glibc-livepatches-debuginfo-0.1-150400.3.3.1
    • glibc-livepatches-debugsource-0.1-150400.3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (x86_64)
    • glibc-livepatches-0.1-150400.3.3.1

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