openSUSE: 2019:0293-1 Important: Supportutils Issues Resolved
opensuse
March 6, 2019
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 9 fixes is now available.
Description
This update for supportutils fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2018-19640: Fixed an issue where users could kill arbitrary
processes (bsc#1118463).
- CVE-2018-19638: Fixed an issue where users could overwrite arbitrary log
files (bsc#1118460).
- CVE-2018-19639: Fixed a code execution if run with -v (bsc#1118462).
- CVE-2018-19637: Fixed an issue where static temporary filename could
allow overwriting of files (bsc#1117776).
Other issues fixed:
- Fixed invalid exit code commands (bsc#1125666).
- Included additional SUSE separation (bsc#1125609).
- Merged added listing of locked packes by zypper.
- Exclude pam.txt per GDPR by default (bsc#1112461).
- Clarified -x functionality in supportconfig(8) (bsc#1115245).
- udev service and provide the whole journal content in supportconfig
(bsc#1051797).
- supportconfig collects tuned profile settings (bsc#1071545).
- sfdisk -d no disk device specified...
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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-2019-293=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):
supportutils-3.1-lp150.4.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19637.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19638.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19639.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19640.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1043311
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1046681
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1051797
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1071545
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1105849
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1112461
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1115245
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117776
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118460
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118462
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118463
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1125609
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1125666
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:0293-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.0
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