SUSE 12-SP2 Important: Util-Linux Process Control Fix for CVE-2017-2616
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February 23, 2017
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Summary
This update for util-linux fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-2616: In su with PAM support it was possible for local users to send SIGKILL to selected other processes with root privileges (bsc#1023041). This non-security issues were fixed: - lscpu: Implement WSL detection and work around crash (bsc#1019332) - fstrim: De-duplicate btrfs sub-volumes for "fstrim -a" and bind mounts (bsc#1020077) - Fix regressions in safe loop re-use patch set for libmount (bsc#1012504) - Disable ro checks for mtab (bsc#1012632) - Ensure that the option "users,exec,dev,suid" work as expected on NFS mounts (bsc#1008965) - Fix empty slave detection to prevent 100% CPU load in some cases (bsc#1020985) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
References
#1008965 #1012504 #1012632 #1019332 #1020077
#1020985 #1023041
Cross- CVE-2017-2616
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2616.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1008965
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012504
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012632
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1019332
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1020077
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1020985
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1023041
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:0554-1
Rating: important
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