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openSUSE Leap 15.4/15.5 Advisory: Important Shell Code Injection Fix

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2023
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Important security patch for util-linux addresses vulnerabilities related to command execution. Update instructions and impacted releases provided.
This update for util-linux fixes the following issues: CVE-2018-7738: Fixed shell code injection in umount bash-completions (bsc#1213865).

Description

This update for util-linux fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2018-7738: Fixed shell code injection in umount bash-completions

(bsc#1213865).

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Topics Covered

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 15.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-4372=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4372=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* python-libmount-debugsource-2.31.1-150000.9.24.1

* python-libmount-debuginfo-2.31.1-150000.9.24.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* python-libmount-debugsource-2.31.1-150000.9.24.1

* python-libmount-debuginfo-2.31.1-150000.9.24.1

References

* bsc#1213865

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7738.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213865

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4372-1
Rating: important

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