A squirrel security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4.

openSUSE-SU-2023:0080-1: moderate: Security update for squirrel

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for squirrel
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2023:0080-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1201974
Cross-References: CVE-2021-41556
CVSS scores:
CVE-2021-41556 (NVD) : 10 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for squirrel fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-41556: fix out-of-bounds read issue (boo#1201974)

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 Backports SLE-15-SP4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2023-80=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

squirrel-3.0.7-bp154.3.3.1
squirrel-devel-3.0.7-bp154.3.3.1
squirrel-devel-static-3.0.7-bp154.3.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 (noarch):

squirrel-doc-3.0.7-bp154.3.3.1
squirrel-examples-3.0.7-bp154.3.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41556.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1201974