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openSUSE: 2024:0157-1 Important: Nano Privilege Escalation Fix

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Calendar Grey June 11, 2024
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update patch available for openSUSE correcting vulnerability CVE-2024-5742 in nano. Relevant for Backports SLE-15-SP5.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for nano fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2024-5742: Avoid privilege escalations via symlink attacks on

emergency save file (boo#1226099)

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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-SP5:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2024-157=1

Package List

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

nano-7.2-bp155.2.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5 (noarch):

nano-lang-7.2-bp155.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5742.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226099

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2024:0157-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5 .

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