Security update for libsoup

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0989-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-12910 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-12910 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • Desktop Applications Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libsoup fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2018-12910: Fix crash when handling empty hostnames (bsc#1100097).

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
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-989=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2019-989=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libsoup-debugsource-2.62.2-3.3.32
    • libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo-2.62.2-3.3.32
    • libsoup-2_4-1-2.62.2-3.3.32
  • Basesystem Module 15 (noarch)
    • libsoup-lang-2.62.2-3.3.32
  • Desktop Applications Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4-2.62.2-3.3.32
    • libsoup-devel-2.62.2-3.3.32
    • libsoup-debugsource-2.62.2-3.3.32

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