openSUSE Leap 42.1: 2016:1226-1 important: Yast2-Users Security Issue
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May 4, 2016
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now...
Description
yast2-users was updated to fix one security issue.
This security issue was fixed:
- CVE-2016-1601: Empty passwords fields in /etc/shadow after SLES 12 SP1
autoyast installation (bsc#974220).
This update includes a script that fixes installations that we're affected
by this problem. It is run automatically upon installing the update.
This non-security issue was fixed:
- bsc#971804: Set root password correctly when using a minimal profile
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.
Patch
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-2016-555=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):
yast2-users-3.1.41.3-10.1
yast2-users-debuginfo-3.1.41.3-10.1
yast2-users-debugsource-3.1.41.3-10.1
yast2-users-devel-doc-3.1.41.3-10.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1601.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/971804
https://bugzilla.suse.com/973639
https://bugzilla.suse.com/974220
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:1226-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.1
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