Security update for keepalived

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3232-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-44225 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2021-44225 ( NVD ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3

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

Description:

This update for keepalived fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2021-44225: Fix a potential privilege escalation due to insufficient control in the D-Bus policy (bsc#1193115).

Bugfixes: - Set ProtectKernelModules to false in service file (bsc#1202808).

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-3232=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP4-2022-3232=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • keepalived-debuginfo-2.2.2-150400.3.5.1
    • keepalived-debugsource-2.2.2-150400.3.5.1
    • keepalived-2.2.2-150400.3.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • keepalived-debuginfo-2.2.2-150400.3.5.1
    • keepalived-debugsource-2.2.2-150400.3.5.1
    • keepalived-2.2.2-150400.3.5.1

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