openSUSE Leap 42.3: 2018:2127-1 Important: Shadow Privilege Escalation
opensuse
July 28, 2018
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for shadow fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2016-6252: Incorrect integer handling could results in local
privilege escalation (bsc#1099310)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.
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:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-770=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):
shadow-4.2.1-16.1
shadow-debuginfo-4.2.1-16.1
shadow-debugsource-4.2.1-16.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6252.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099310
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2127-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
Topics Covered
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