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A weechat security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise 15, and SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1.



openSUSE Security Update: Security update for weechat
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0248-1
Rating: important
References: #1163889
Cross-References: CVE-2020-8955
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1
openSUSE Backports SLE-15
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for weechat fixes the following security issue:

- CVE-2020-8955: Fixed a buffer overflow in plugins/irc/irc-mode.c that
allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (bsc#1163889).

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-248=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-248=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-248=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

weechat-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-aspell-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-aspell-debuginfo-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-debuginfo-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-debugsource-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-devel-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-guile-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-guile-debuginfo-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-lua-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-lua-debuginfo-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-perl-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-perl-debuginfo-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-python-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-python-debuginfo-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-ruby-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-ruby-debuginfo-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-tcl-2.1-lp151.3.3.1
weechat-tcl-debuginfo-2.1-lp151.3.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

weechat-lang-2.1-lp151.3.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

weechat-2.1-bp151.4.3.1
weechat-aspell-2.1-bp151.4.3.1
weechat-devel-2.1-bp151.4.3.1
weechat-guile-2.1-bp151.4.3.1
weechat-lua-2.1-bp151.4.3.1
weechat-perl-2.1-bp151.4.3.1
weechat-python-2.1-bp151.4.3.1
weechat-ruby-2.1-bp151.4.3.1
weechat-tcl-2.1-bp151.4.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (noarch):

weechat-lang-2.1-bp151.4.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

weechat-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-aspell-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-aspell-debuginfo-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-debuginfo-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-debugsource-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-devel-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-guile-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-guile-debuginfo-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-lua-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-lua-debuginfo-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-perl-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-perl-debuginfo-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-python-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-python-debuginfo-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-ruby-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-ruby-debuginfo-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-tcl-2.1-bp150.3.3.1
weechat-tcl-debuginfo-2.1-bp150.3.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (noarch):

weechat-lang-2.1-bp150.3.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8955.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1163889