Security update for aspell

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2807-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-20433 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2019-20433 ( NVD ): 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for aspell fixes the following security issue:

  • CVE-2019-20433: Fixed a buffer over-read when processing strings ending with a single '\0' byte with ucs-2 and ucs-4 encoding (bsc#1161982).

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 Software Development Kit 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-2807=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2807=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2807=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2807=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libpspell15-debuginfo-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • aspell-devel-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • libpspell15-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • aspell-debugsource-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • aspell-debuginfo-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • aspell-ispell-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • aspell-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • libaspell15-debuginfo-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • aspell-debugsource-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • aspell-debuginfo-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • libaspell15-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • libaspell15-32bit-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • libaspell15-debuginfo-32bit-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • aspell-ispell-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • aspell-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • libaspell15-debuginfo-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • aspell-debugsource-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • aspell-debuginfo-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • libaspell15-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (s390x x86_64)
    • libaspell15-32bit-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • libaspell15-debuginfo-32bit-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • aspell-ispell-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • aspell-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • libaspell15-debuginfo-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • aspell-debugsource-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • aspell-debuginfo-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • libaspell15-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • libaspell15-32bit-0.60.6.1-18.8.2
    • libaspell15-debuginfo-32bit-0.60.6.1-18.8.2

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