Security update for lz4

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1613-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-17543 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-17543 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2021-3520 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2021-3520 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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 two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for lz4 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2021-3520: Fixed memory corruption due to an integer overflow bug caused by memmove argument (bsc#1185438).
  • CVE-2019-17543: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in LZ4_write32 (bsc#1153936).

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-SP5-2021-1613=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • liblz4-1-debuginfo-1.8.0-3.3.1
    • lz4-debugsource-1.8.0-3.3.1
    • liblz4-1-1.8.0-3.3.1
    • lz4-debuginfo-1.8.0-3.3.1

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