openSUSE Security Update: Security update for grub2
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2016:0036-1
Rating:             important
References:         #774666 #917427 #946148 #952539 #954126 #954519 
                    #955493 #955609 #956631 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-8370
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 42.1
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has 8 fixes is
   now available.

Description:



   - Fix buffer overflows when reading username and password. (bsc#956631,
     CVE-2015-8370)
   - Check MS-DOS header to find PE file header. (bsc#954126)
   - Use dirname for copying Xen kernel and initrd to esp. (bsc#955493)
   - Fix reading password by grub2-mkpasswd-pbdk2 without controlling tty.
     (bsc#954519)
   - Add luks, gcry_rijndael and gcry_sha1 to signed EFI image to support
     LUKS partition in default setup. (bsc#917427, bsc#955609)
   - Expand list of grub.cfg search path in PV Xen guests for systems
     installed on btrfs snapshots. (bsc#946148, bsc#952539) This update was
     imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.


Patch Instructions:

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

   - openSUSE Leap 42.1:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-10=1

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

      grub2-2.02~beta2-76.1
      grub2-branding-upstream-2.02~beta2-76.1
      grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-76.1
      grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-76.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.1 (x86_64):

      grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-76.1
      grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-76.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.1 (noarch):

      grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-76.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586):

      grub2-i386-efi-2.02~beta2-76.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8370.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/774666
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/917427
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/946148
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/952539
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/954126
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/954519
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/955493
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/955609
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/956631

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