Security update for coreutils

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0866-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-2616 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:

This update for coreutils fixes one issue.

This security issue was fixed:

  • CVE-2017-2616: In su with PAM support it was possible for local users to send SIGKILL to selected other processes with root privileges (bsc#1023041)

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-coreutils-13546=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-coreutils-13546=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.33.3.1
    • coreutils-8.12-6.25.33.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ia64)
    • coreutils-x86-8.12-6.25.33.3.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.33.3.1
    • coreutils-8.12-6.25.33.3.1

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