A sphinx security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.4.

openSUSE-SU-2022:0046-1: moderate: Security update for sphinx

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for sphinx
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:0046-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1195227
Cross-References: CVE-2020-29050
CVSS scores:
CVE-2020-29050 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.4
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

sphinx was updated to fix the following issues:

- CVE-2020-29050: SphinxSearch in Sphinx Technologies Sphinx through 3.1.1
allows directory traversal (in conjunction with CVE-2019-14511) because
the mysql client can be used for CALL SNIPPETS and load_file operations
on a full pathname (e.g., a file in the /etc directory). (boo#1195227)

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 15.4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2022-46=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libsphinxclient-0_0_1-2.2.11-lp154.3.3.1
libsphinxclient-devel-2.2.11-lp154.3.3.1
sphinx-2.2.11-lp154.3.3.1
sphinx-debuginfo-2.2.11-lp154.3.3.1
sphinx-debugsource-2.2.11-lp154.3.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29050.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1195227