Security update for giflib

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1409-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for giflib fixes the following issues:

  • Enable Position Independent Code and inherit CFLAGS from the build system (bsc#1184123).

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-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-1409=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • giflib-debugsource-5.1.4-4.3.1
    • giflib-devel-5.1.4-4.3.1
    • libgif7-5.1.4-4.3.1
    • libgif7-debuginfo-5.1.4-4.3.1

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