Security update for colord

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3899-1
Release Date: 2025-10-31T14:56:13Z
Rating: moderate
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-42523 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2021-42523 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for colord fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2021-42523: The original fix was wrong and did not properly free the error, resulting in a crash that has now been addressed (bsc#1250750).

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3899=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3899=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3899=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3899=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3899=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-3899=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • libcolorhug2-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolorhug2-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • typelib-1_0-Colord-1_0-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • colord-color-profiles-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • colord-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • typelib-1_0-Colorhug-1_0-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord-devel-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • colord-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord2-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord2-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • colord-debugsource-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
    • colord-lang-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
    • libcolord2-32bit-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord2-32bit-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)
    • libcolord2-64bit-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord2-64bit-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • colord-debugsource-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord2-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • colord-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord2-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • colord-debugsource-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord2-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • colord-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord2-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • colord-debugsource-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord2-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • colord-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord2-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • colord-debugsource-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord2-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • colord-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord2-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • colord-debugsource-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord2-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • colord-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1
    • libcolord2-debuginfo-1.4.5-150400.4.9.1

References: