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openSUSE: 2021:0830-1 Moderate: Inn Local Escalation Threat

opensuse
Calendar Grey June 3, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This patch for Fedora fixes a remote code execution vulnerability in the apache server with significant urgency.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for inn fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-31998: change user to news before calling innupgrade, which

could have allow local privilege escalation. [boo#1182321]

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update moderate severity local escalation openSUSE inn

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 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-830=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

inn-2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1

inn-debuginfo-2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1

inn-debugsource-2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1

inn-devel-2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1

mininews-2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1

mininews-debuginfo-2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31998.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182321

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0830-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update moderate severity local escalation openSUSE inn

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