Security update for gzip

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:1272-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2022-1271 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-1271 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gzip fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2022-1271: Fixed an incorrect escaping of malicious filenames (ZDI-CAN-16587). (bsc#1198062)

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 High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1272=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1272=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1272=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • gzip-debuginfo-1.10-4.11.3
    • gzip-1.10-4.11.3
    • gzip-debugsource-1.10-4.11.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • gzip-debuginfo-1.10-4.11.3
    • gzip-1.10-4.11.3
    • gzip-debugsource-1.10-4.11.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • gzip-debuginfo-1.10-4.11.3
    • gzip-1.10-4.11.3
    • gzip-debugsource-1.10-4.11.3

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