openSUSE: 2024:0157-2 Important: nano Privilege Escalation Fix
opensuse
August 23, 2024
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)
Topics Covered
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-SP6:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2024-157=1
Package List
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
nano-7.2-bp156.3.3.1
nano-debuginfo-7.2-bp156.3.3.1
nano-debugsource-7.2-bp156.3.3.1
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6 (noarch):
nano-lang-7.2-bp156.3.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5742.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226099
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2024:0157-2
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6
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Topics Covered
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