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SUSE 11-SP4: SUSE-SU-2015:2385-1 Important: grub2 Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey December 29, 2015
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Important SUSE security patch for grub2 resolves significant buffer overflow vulnerability. Check for installation steps and resolutions.
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Summary

This update for grub2 provides the following fixes: A security issues with a bufferoverflow when reading username and password was fixed (bsc#956631, CVE-2015-8370) Also following bugs were fixed: - Fix buffer overflows when reading username and password. (bsc#956631, CVE-2015-8370) - Expand list of grub.cfg search path in PV Xen guests for systems installed on btrfs snapshots. (bsc#946148, bsc#952539) - Add grub.xen config searching path on boot partition. (bsc#884828) - Add linux16 and initrd16 to grub.xen. (bsc#884830) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-grub2-12288=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4:

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important SUSE Linux grub2

References

#884828 #884830 #946148 #952539 #954592 #956631

Cross- CVE-2015-8370

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8370.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884828

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884830

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=946148

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952539

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=954592

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956631

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2385-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important SUSE Linux grub2

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