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openSUSE Leap 15.0: 2018:2121-1 Moderate: Fix Symlink Attack in Cinnamon

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Calendar Grey July 28, 2018
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Resolution for the symbolic link vulnerability in Cinnamon can be accessed via an update on openSUSE. For more information, refer to the advisory details.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for cinnamon fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2018-13054: Fix symlink attack vulnerability (boo#1083067).

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Topics Covered

security advisory security fix moderate severity symlink attack openSUSE cinnamon update

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:

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-768=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):

cinnamon-gschemas-branding-upstream-3.6.7-lp150.3.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):

cinnamon-3.6.7-lp150.3.3.1

cinnamon-debuginfo-3.6.7-lp150.3.3.1

cinnamon-debugsource-3.6.7-lp150.3.3.1

cinnamon-gschemas-3.6.7-lp150.3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-13054.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083067

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2121-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0

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