openSUSE 13.2: 2015:1233-2 Critical Libuser Escalation Vulnerability Alert
opensuse
August 3, 2015
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Description
libuser was updated to fix on security issue.
The following vulnerability was fixed:
* CVE-2015-3246: local root exploit through passwd file handling
(boo#937533)
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 13.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-529=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):
libuser-0.60-3.3.1
libuser-debuginfo-0.60-3.3.1
libuser-debugsource-0.60-3.3.1
libuser-devel-0.60-3.3.1
libuser-python-0.60-3.3.1
libuser-python-debuginfo-0.60-3.3.1
libuser1-0.60-3.3.1
libuser1-debuginfo-0.60-3.3.1
- openSUSE 13.2 (noarch):
libuser-lang-0.60-3.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3246.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=937533
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:1332-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE 13.2
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Topics Covered
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