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<h1>Security update for libcares2</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2023:3420-1</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1208067">#1208067</a>
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</ul>
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Cross-References:
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4904.html">CVE-2022-4904</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2022-4904</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
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<span class="cvss-score">6.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2022-4904</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H</span>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5</li>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for libcares2 fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2022-4904: Fixed stack overflow in ares_set_sortlist() (bsc#1208067).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE Important update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2023-3420=1</code>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-3420=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-3420=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-3420=1</code>
</li>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2023-3420=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libcares2-debuginfo-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
<li>libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
<li>libcares-devel-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libcares2-debuginfo-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
<li>libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
<li>libcares2-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libcares2-debuginfo-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
<li>libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
<li>libcares2-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libcares2-debuginfo-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
<li>libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
<li>libcares2-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libcares2-debugsource-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
<li>libcares2-32bit-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
<li>libcares2-debuginfo-32bit-1.9.1-9.15.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
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<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4904.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4904.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1208067">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1208067</a>
</li>
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