openSUSE: 2015:2375-1 critical update for Grub2 Overflow resolution
opensuse
December 27, 2015
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Description
This update for grub2 fixes the following issue:
Changes in grub2:
- CVE-2015-8370: Fix for overflow in grub_password_get and grub_user_get
functions (bnc#956631)
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-2015-957=1
- openSUSE 13.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-957=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):
grub2-2.02~beta2-20.13.1
grub2-branding-upstream-2.02~beta2-20.13.1
grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-20.13.1
grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-20.13.1
grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-20.13.1
- openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64):
grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-20.13.1
grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-20.13.1
- openSUSE 13.2 (noarch):
grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-20.13.1
- openSUSE 13.2 (i586):
grub2-i386-efi-2.02~beta2-20.13.1
- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):
grub2-2.00-39.11.1
grub2-debuginfo-2.00-39.11.1
grub2-debugsource-2.00-39.11.1
grub2-i386-pc-2.00-39.11.1
grub2-i386-pc-debuginfo-2.00-39.11.1
- openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64):
grub2-x86_64-efi-2.00-39.11.1
grub2-x86_64-efi-debuginfo-2.00-39.11.1
- openSUSE 13.1 (i586):
grub2-i386-efi-2.00-39.11.1
grub2-i386-efi-debuginfo-2.00-39.11.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8370.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956631
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:2375-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE 13.2
openSUSE 13.1
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Topics Covered
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