SUSE-SU-2021:0956-1

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    SUSE-SU-2021:0956-1

    Published: 25 Mar 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9271
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-9271

    Summary: Security update for libzypp, zypper

    Details: This update for libzypp, zypper fixes the following issues: Update zypper to version 1.14.43: - doc: give more details about creating versioned package locks (bsc#1181622) - man: Document synonymously used patch categories (bsc#1179847) - Fix source-download commands help (bsc#1180663) - man: Recommend to use the --non-interactive global option rather than the command option -y (bsc#1179816) - Extend apt packagemap (fixes #366) - --quiet: Fix install summary to write nothing if there's nothing todo (bsc#1180077) - Prefer /run over /var/run. Update libzypp to 17.25.8: - Try to provide a mounted /proc in --root installs (bsc#1181328) Some systemd tools require /proc to be mounted and fail if it's not there. - Enable release packages to request a releaxed suse/opensuse vendorcheck in dup when migrating. (bsc#1182629) - Patch: Identify well-known category names (bsc#1179847) This allows to use the RH and SUSE patch categrory names synonymously: (recommended = bugfix) and (optional = feature = enhancement). - Add missing includes for GCC 11 compatibility. - Fix %posttrans script execution (fixes #265) The scripts are execuable. No need to call them through 'sh -c'. - Commit: Fix rpmdb compat symlink in case rpm got removed. - Repo: Allow multiple baseurls specified on one line (fixes #285) - Regex: Fix memory leak and undefined behavior. - Add rpm buildrequires for test suite (fixes #279) - Use rpmdb2solv new -D switch to tell the location ob the rpmdatabase to use. - CVE-2017-9271: Fixed information leak in the log file (bsc#1050625 bsc#1177583) - RepoManager: Force refresh if repo url has changed (bsc#1174016) - RepoManager: Carefully tidy up the caches. Remove non-directory entries. (bsc#1178966) - RepoInfo: ignore legacy type= in a .repo file and let RepoManager probe (bsc#1177427). - RpmDb: If no database exists use the _dbpath configured in rpm. Still makes sure a compat symlink at /var/lib/rpm exists in case the configures _dbpath is elsewhere. (bsc#1178910) - Fixed update of gpg keys with elongated expire date (bsc#1179222) - needreboot: remove udev from the list (bsc#1179083) - Fix lsof monitoring (bsc#1179909) - Rephrase solver problem descriptions (jsc#SLE-8482) - Adapt to changed gpg2/libgpgme behavior (bsc#1180721) - Multicurl backend breaks with with unknown filesize (fixes #277)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20210956-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050625, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174016, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177238, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177275, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177427, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177583, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178910, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178966, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179083, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179222, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179816, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179847, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179909, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180077, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180663, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180721, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181328, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181622, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182629, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9271

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libsigc++2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libsigc++2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Installer%20Updates%2015%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.10.0-3.7.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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