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openSUSE: 2018:1969-1 Moderate: Singularity Race Condition Risk
opensuse
July 16, 2018
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for singularity fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2018-12021: A race condition might have allowed malicious users to
bypass directory image restrictions, like mounting the host root
filesystem as a container image (boo#1100333)
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-730=1
Package List
- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
libsingularity1-2.3.2-11.1
libsingularity1-debuginfo-2.3.2-11.1
singularity-2.3.2-11.1
singularity-debuginfo-2.3.2-11.1
singularity-debugsource-2.3.2-11.1
singularity-devel-2.3.2-11.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12021.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1100333
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1969-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12
Topics Covered
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