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openSUSE Leap 15.1: 2020:0490-1 Moderate: Gnuhealth Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey April 9, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This release tackles moderate vulnerabilities present in gnuhealth for openSUSE. Comprehensive information on the implemented corrections is provided.
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for gnuhealth fixes the following issues:

- Fixed a local privilege escalation in gnuhealth-control, use of static

tmp file/http transport (bsc#1167126)

- Fixed a local DoS of backup functionality in gnuhealth-control due to

use of static tmp files (bsc#1167128)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate privilege escalation local DoS openSUSE gnuhealth

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-2020-490=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

gnuhealth-3.4.1-lp151.2.11.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1167126

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1167128

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0490-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate privilege escalation local DoS openSUSE gnuhealth

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