openSUSE Security Update: Security update for links ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:0853-1 Rating: moderate References: #1051448 Cross-References: CVE-2017-11114 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This update for links to version 2.15 fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2017-11114: Buffer over-read vulnerability in case of corrupted UTF-8 data (boo#1051448)
This update also contains a number of upstream improvements:
- Rewrite google docs URLs to the download link, so that the file can be viewed in external viewer - Improved handling of compressed connections and content - various other bug fixes and improvements
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security 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 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-330=1
Package List:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):
links-2.15-7.3.1 links-debuginfo-2.15-7.3.1 links-debugsource-2.15-7.3.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11114.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1051448