Security update for rpm

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2073-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-7500 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7500 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • Development Tools Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for rpm fixes the following issues:

This security vulnerability was fixed:

  • CVE-2017-7500: Fixed symlink attacks during RPM installation (bsc#943457)

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1396=1
  • Development Tools Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-2018-1396=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • rpm-devel-4.14.1-10.3.1
    • python3-rpm-4.14.1-10.3.1
    • rpm-4.14.1-10.3.1
    • rpm-debugsource-4.14.1-10.3.1
    • python3-rpm-debuginfo-4.14.1-10.3.1
    • python2-rpm-debuginfo-4.14.1-10.3.1
    • python2-rpm-4.14.1-10.3.1
    • rpm-debuginfo-4.14.1-10.3.1
    • python-rpm-debugsource-4.14.1-10.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15 (x86_64)
    • rpm-32bit-debuginfo-4.14.1-10.3.1
    • rpm-32bit-4.14.1-10.3.1
  • Development Tools Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • rpm-debuginfo-4.14.1-10.3.1
    • rpm-build-debuginfo-4.14.1-10.3.1
    • rpm-debugsource-4.14.1-10.3.1
    • rpm-build-4.14.1-10.3.1

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