Security update for rubygem-passenger

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2039-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-12029 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-12029 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Containers Module 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for rubygem-passenger fixes the following issue:

The following security vulnerability was addressed:

  • CVE-2018-12029: Fixed a file system access race condition in the chown command, which allowed for local privilege escalation and affects the Nginx module (bsc#1097663).

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:

  • Containers Module 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2018-1373=1

Package List:

  • Containers Module 12 (x86_64)
    • rubygem-passenger-apache2-5.0.18-12.9.1
    • rubygem-passenger-5.0.18-12.9.1
    • ruby2.1-rubygem-passenger-5.0.18-12.9.1
    • rubygem-passenger-apache2-debuginfo-5.0.18-12.9.1
    • rubygem-passenger-debugsource-5.0.18-12.9.1
    • ruby2.1-rubygem-passenger-debuginfo-5.0.18-12.9.1
    • rubygem-passenger-debuginfo-5.0.18-12.9.1

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