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openSUSE Leap 15.0: 2018:2215-1 Moderate: RPM Symlink Attack

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Essential security fix addresses symlink vulnerability in openSUSE RPM. Update now accessible for crucial deployments.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.

Description

This update for rpm fixes the following issues:

This security vulnerability was fixed:

- CVE-2017-7500: Fixed symlink attacks during RPM installation (bsc#943457)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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-2018-808=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):

python-rpm-debugsource-4.14.1-lp150.9.3.1

python2-rpm-4.14.1-lp150.9.3.1

python2-rpm-debuginfo-4.14.1-lp150.9.3.1

python3-rpm-4.14.1-lp150.9.3.1

python3-rpm-debuginfo-4.14.1-lp150.9.3.1

rpm-4.14.1-lp150.9.3.1

rpm-build-4.14.1-lp150.9.3.1

rpm-build-debuginfo-4.14.1-lp150.9.3.1

rpm-debuginfo-4.14.1-lp150.9.3.1

rpm-debugsource-4.14.1-lp150.9.3.1

rpm-devel-4.14.1-lp150.9.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):

rpm-32bit-4.14.1-lp150.9.3.1

rpm-32bit-debuginfo-4.14.1-lp150.9.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7500.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1094735

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095148

https://bugzilla.suse.com/943457

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2215-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0 le.

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