SB2020102401 - OpenSUSE Linux update for hunspell
Published: October 24, 2020 Updated: August 23, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020102401
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16707)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the SuggestMgr::leftcommonsubstring() function in suggestmgr.cxx. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.