A balsa security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1.

security-announce: openSUSE-SU-2020:1230-1: moderate: Security update for balsa

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for balsa
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1230-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1174711
Cross-References: CVE-2020-16118
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for balsa fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2020-16118: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference (boo#1174711).

This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.1:Update update project.

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 Backports SLE-15-SP1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-1230=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

balsa-2.5.5-bp151.4.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (noarch):

balsa-lang-2.5.5-bp151.4.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16118.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174711