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openSUSE: 2020:0787-1 Moderate: xawtv Arbitrary File Access Fix

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Calendar Grey June 10, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
openSUSE Security Update for xawtv addresses a moderate vulnerability concerning unauthorized file access. Further information available.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for xawtv fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2020-13696: Fixed an issue in setuid-root program that which could

have allowed arbitrary file existence tests and

open() with O_RDWR (boo#1171655).

This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.1:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update arbitrary file access openSUSE xawtv

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 Backports SLE-15-SP1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-787=1

Package List

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (x86_64):

alevtd-3.103-bp151.4.3.1

motv-3.103-bp151.4.3.1

pia-3.103-bp151.4.3.1

tv-common-3.103-bp151.4.3.1

v4l-conf-3.103-bp151.4.3.1

v4l-tools-3.103-bp151.4.3.1

xawtv-3.103-bp151.4.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13696.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1171655

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0787-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1

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