Security update for transfig

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14836-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-21529 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-21529 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-21530 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-21530 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-21531 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-21531 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-21532 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-21532 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-21533 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-21533 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-21534 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-21534 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-21535 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-21535 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-32280 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-32280 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4

An update that solves eight vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for transfig fixes the following issues:

Update to fig2dev version 3.2.8 Patchlevel 8b (Aug 2021)

  • bsc#1190618, CVE-2020-21529: stack buffer overflow in the bezier_spline function in genepic.c.
  • bsc#1190615, CVE-2020-21530: segmentation fault in the read_objects function in read.c.
  • bsc#1190617, CVE-2020-21531: global buffer overflow in the conv_pattern_index function in gencgm.c.
  • bsc#1190616, CVE-2020-21532: global buffer overflow in the setfigfont function in genepic.c.
  • bsc#1190612, CVE-2020-21533: stack buffer overflow in the read_textobject function in read.c.
  • bsc#1190611, CVE-2020-21534: global buffer overflow in the get_line function in read.c.
  • bsc#1190607, CVE-2020-21535: segmentation fault in the gencgm_start function in gencgm.c.
  • bsc#1192019, CVE-2021-32280: NULL pointer dereference in compute_closed_spline() in trans_spline.c

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 Point of Service 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sleposp3-transfig-14836=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-transfig-14836=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-transfig-14836=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • transfig-3.2.8b-160.16.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • transfig-3.2.8b-160.16.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • transfig-3.2.8b-160.16.2

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