Security update for supportutils

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1514-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-1602 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

supportutils was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2016-1602: Code injection and privilege escalation via unescaped filenames (bsc#980670).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-supportutils-12602=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-supportutils-12602=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (noarch)
    • supportutils-1.20-121.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (noarch)
    • supportutils-1.20-121.1

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