Security update for grub2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2385-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

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

Description:

This update for grub2 provides the following fixes:

A security issues with a bufferoverflow when reading username and password was fixed (bsc#956631, CVE-2015-8370)

Also following bugs were fixed: - Fix buffer overflows when reading username and password. (bsc#956631, CVE-2015-8370) - Expand list of grub.cfg search path in PV Xen guests for systems installed on btrfs snapshots. (bsc#946148, bsc#952539) - Add grub.xen config searching path on boot partition. (bsc#884828) - Add linux16 and initrd16 to grub.xen. (bsc#884830)

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 Desktop 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sledsp4-grub2-12288=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-grub2-12288=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-grub2-12288=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.00-0.54.2
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.00-0.54.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.00-0.54.2
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.00-0.54.2
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.00-0.54.2
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.00-0.54.2

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