openSUSE Leap 15.0: 2018:2852-1 moderate: shadow directory permissions
opensuse
September 25, 2018
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for shadow fixes the following security issue:
- CVE-2018-16588: Prevent useradd from creating intermediate directories
with mode 0777 (bsc#1106914)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15: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 15.0:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1051=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):
shadow-4.5-lp150.6.3.1
shadow-debuginfo-4.5-lp150.6.3.1
shadow-debugsource-4.5-lp150.6.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16588.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106914
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2852-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.0
Topics Covered
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