Security update for supportutils
Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2019:13976-1 |
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Rating: | moderate |
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An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.
Description:
This update for supportutils fixes the following issues:
Security vulnerabilities fixed:
- CVE-2018-19636: Local root exploit via inclusion of attacker controlled shell script (bsc#1117751)
- CVE-2018-19640: Users can kill arbitrary processes (bsc#1118463)
- CVE-2018-19638: User can overwrite arbitrary log files in support tar (bsc#1118460)
- CVE-2018-19639: Code execution if run with -v (bsc#1118462)
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:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
zypper in -t patch sleposp3-supportutils-13976=1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
zypper in -t patch slessp4-supportutils-13976=1
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SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
zypper in -t patch slessp4-supportutils-13976=1
Package List:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (noarch)
- supportutils-1.20-122.9.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (noarch)
- supportutils-1.20-122.9.1
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SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (noarch)
- supportutils-1.20-122.9.1
References:
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19636.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19638.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19639.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19640.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117751
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118460
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118462
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118463