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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>
        </tr>
        
        <tr>
            <th>Rating:</th>
            <td>important</td>
        </tr>
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            <th>References:</th>
            <td>
                <ul>
                    
                        <li style="display: inline;">
                            <a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1208067">#1208067</a>
                        </li>
                    
                    
                </ul>
            </td>
        </tr>
        
            <tr>
                <th>
                    Cross-References:
                </th>
                <td>
                    <ul>
                    
                        <li style="display: inline;">
                            <a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4904.html">CVE-2022-4904</a>
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                </td>
            </tr>
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                <th>CVSS scores:</th>
                <td>
                    <ul class="list-group">
                        
                            <li class="list-group-item">
                                <span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2022-4904</span>
                                <span class="cvss-source">
                                    (
                                    
                                        SUSE
                                    
                                    ):
                                </span>
                                <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>
                            </li>
                        
                            <li class="list-group-item">
                                <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>
                            </li>
                        
                    </ul>
                </td>
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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>
                    
                </ul>
            </td>
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    </table>

    <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:
    </p>
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            <li class="list-group-item">
                SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
                
                    
                        <br/>
                        <code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2023-3420=1</code>
                    
                    
                
            </li>
        
            <li class="list-group-item">
                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>
        
            <li class="list-group-item">
                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>
            
        
    </ul>

    
        <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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