Security update for colord

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:3949-1
Release Date:	2025-11-05T10:05:06Z
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1250750
Cross-References:	CVE-2021-42523
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:	Basesystem Module 15-SP6 Basesystem Module 15-SP7 Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 openSUSE Leap 15.6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6 SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

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 15.6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3949=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3949=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-3949=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-3949=1
• Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-3949=1
• Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2025-3949=1
• SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP6-2025-3949=1
• SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP7-2025-3949=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP6-2025-3949=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP7-2025-3949=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • colord-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolord2-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolorhug2-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • typelib-1_0-Colord-1_0-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-debugsource-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolord-devel-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolord2-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-color-profiles-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • typelib-1_0-Colorhug-1_0-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolorhug2-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
  • colord-lang-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
  • libcolord2-32bit-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolord2-32bit-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)
  • libcolord2-64bit-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolord2-64bit-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • colord-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-debugsource-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolord2-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolord2-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • colord-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-debugsource-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolord2-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolord2-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • colord-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolorhug2-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • typelib-1_0-Colord-1_0-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-debugsource-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolord-devel-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-color-profiles-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • typelib-1_0-Colorhug-1_0-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolorhug2-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • colord-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolorhug2-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • typelib-1_0-Colord-1_0-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-debugsource-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolord-devel-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-color-profiles-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • typelib-1_0-Colorhug-1_0-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolorhug2-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x)
  • colord-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolord2-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolorhug2-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • typelib-1_0-Colord-1_0-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-debugsource-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolord-devel-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolord2-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-color-profiles-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • typelib-1_0-Colorhug-1_0-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • libcolorhug2-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6 (noarch)
  • colord-lang-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6 (aarch64_ilp32)
  • libcolord2-64bit-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x)
  • colord-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-debugsource-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 (x86_64)
  • colord-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-debugsource-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 (noarch)
  • colord-lang-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 (x86_64)
  • colord-debuginfo-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-debugsource-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
  • colord-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 (noarch)
  • colord-lang-1.4.6-150600.3.8.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42523.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250750