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openSUSE: 2019:1708-1 Moderate: libu2f-host and pam_u2f Security Issues

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Calendar Grey July 19, 2019
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An openSUSE patch resolves bugs in libu2f-host and pam_u2f, tackling memory leaks and issues with symlinks.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for libu2f-host and pam_u2f to version 1.0.8 fixes the

following issues:

Security issues fixed for libu2f-host:

- CVE-2019-9578: Fixed a memory leak due to a wrong parse of init's

response (bsc#1128140).

Security issues fixed for pam_u2f:

- CVE-2019-12209: Fixed an issue where symlinks in the user's directory

were followed (bsc#1135729).

- CVE-2019-12210: Fixed file descriptor leaks (bsc#1135727).

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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate memory leak openSUSE file descriptor libu2f-host pam_u2f

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 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1708=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

libu2f-host-debuginfo-1.1.6-lp151.2.6.1

libu2f-host-debugsource-1.1.6-lp151.2.6.1

libu2f-host-devel-1.1.6-lp151.2.6.1

libu2f-host-doc-1.1.6-lp151.2.6.1

libu2f-host0-1.1.6-lp151.2.6.1

libu2f-host0-debuginfo-1.1.6-lp151.2.6.1

pam_u2f-1.0.8-lp151.2.3.1

pam_u2f-debuginfo-1.0.8-lp151.2.3.1

pam_u2f-debugsource-1.0.8-lp151.2.3.1

u2f-host-1.1.6-lp151.2.6.1

u2f-host-debuginfo-1.1.6-lp151.2.6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12209.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12210.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9578.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1128140

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1135727

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1135729

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1708-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate memory leak openSUSE file descriptor libu2f-host pam_u2f

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