SUSE Linux 12-SP1 Security Advisory: glibc Important Patch for Escalation
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January 12, 2018
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Summary
This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - A privilege escalation bug in the realpath() function has been fixed. [CVE-2018-1000001, bsc#1074293] Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2018-56=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2018-56=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-56=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (noarch): glibc-html-2.19-40.9.5 glibc-i18ndata-2.19-40.9.5 glibc-info-2.19-40.9.5 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (x86_64): glibc-2.19-40.9.5
Topics Covered
References
#1074293
Cross- CVE-2018-1000001
Affected Products:
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000001.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1074293
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0071-1
Rating: important
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