A balsa security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2, SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2, and SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3.

openSUSE-SU-2021:1094-1: moderate: Security update for balsa

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for balsa
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1094-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1172460
Cross-References: CVE-2020-13645
CVSS scores:
CVE-2020-13645 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE-2020-13645 (SUSE): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for balsa fixes the following issues:

Update to version 2.6.1

- CVE-2020-13645: fix server identity verification (boo#1172460)

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 Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1094=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1094=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1094=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

balsa-lang-2.6.1-lp152.2.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

balsa-2.6.1-lp152.2.3.1
balsa-debuginfo-2.6.1-lp152.2.3.1
balsa-debugsource-2.6.1-lp152.2.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

balsa-2.6.1-bp153.2.3.1
balsa-debuginfo-2.6.1-bp153.2.3.1
balsa-debugsource-2.6.1-bp153.2.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 (noarch):

balsa-lang-2.6.1-bp153.2.3.1

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

balsa-2.6.1-bp152.2.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (noarch):

balsa-lang-2.6.1-bp152.2.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13645.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172460