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SUSE: CVE-2022-44617: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/26/2023
Created
01/27/2023
Added
01/27/2023
Modified
02/16/2023

Description

A flaw was found in libXpm. When processing a file with width of 0 and a very large height, some parser functions will be called repeatedly and can lead to an infinite loop, resulting in a Denial of Service in the application linked to the library.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libxpm-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxpm-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxpm-tools
  • suse-upgrade-libxpm4
  • suse-upgrade-libxpm4-32bit

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