A librepo security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2.

openSUSE-SU-2021:0295-1: important: Security update for librepo

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for librepo
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0295-1
Rating: important
References: #1175475
Cross-References: CVE-2020-14352
CVSS scores:
CVE-2020-14352 (NVD) : 8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-14352 (SUSE): 8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for librepo fixes the following issues:

- Upgrade to 1.12.1
+ Validate path read from repomd.xml (bsc#1175475, CVE-2020-14352)
- Changes from 1.12.0
+ Prefer mirrorlist/metalink over baseurl (rh#1775184)
+ Decode package URL when using for local filename (rh#1817130)
+ Fix memory leak in lr_download_metadata() and lr_yum_download_remote()
+ Download sources work when at least one of specified is working
(rh#1775184)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.
This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.2: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-SP2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-295=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

librepo-devel-1.12.1-bp152.2.6.1
librepo0-1.12.1-bp152.2.6.1
python3-librepo-1.12.1-bp152.2.6.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14352.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175475