Security update for lcms2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3498-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-16435 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-16435 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for lcms2 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2018-16435: A integer overflow was fixed in the AllocateDataSet function in cmscgats.c, that could lead to a heap-based buffer overflow in the SetData function via a crafted file in the second argument to cmsIT8LoadFromFile. (bsc#1108813)

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2504=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • liblcms2-2-debuginfo-2.9-3.3.1
    • lcms2-debugsource-2.9-3.3.1
    • liblcms2-2-2.9-3.3.1
    • lcms2-debuginfo-2.9-3.3.1
    • liblcms2-devel-2.9-3.3.1

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