openSUSE Security Update: Security update for grub2
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2015:2392-1
Rating:             important
References:         #956631 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-8370
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Evergreen 11.4
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   This update for grub2 fixes the following issue:

   - CVE-2015-8370: Fix for overflow in grub_password_get and grub_user_get
     functions (bsc#956631)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE Evergreen 11.4:

      zypper in -t patch 2015-970=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

      grub2-1.98-14.1
      grub2-debuginfo-1.98-14.1
      grub2-debugsource-1.98-14.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8370.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/956631