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SUSE: 2017:1865-1 Important: Cryptctl RPC Overwrite Threat

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Calendar Grey July 14, 2017
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a crucial security update for cryptctl, targeting issues with RPC communication on SUSE Linux Enterprise systems.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for cryptctl fixes an issue that could have allowed a malicious administrator to craft RPC requests to overwrite files outside of key database. (bsc#1041963 / CVE-2017-9270) 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 for SAP 12-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2017-1158=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 (ppc64le x86_64): cryptctl-1.2.6-5.3.11 cryptctl-debuginfo-1.2.6-5.3.11 cryptctl-debugsource-1.2.6-5.3.11

References

#1041963

Cross- CVE-2017-9270

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9270.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1041963

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1865-1
Rating: important

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