SUSE Security Update: Security update for corosync
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2018:1121-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1066585 #1083561 #1089346 
Cross-References:   CVE-2018-1084
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes
   is now available.

Description:

   This update for corosync fixes the following issue:
   - CVE-2018-1084: Integer overflow in totemcrypto:authenticate_nss_2_3()
     could lead to command execution (bsc#1089346)
   - Providing an empty uid or gid results in coroparse adding uid 0.
     (bsc#1066585)
   - Fix a problem with configuration file incompatibilities that was causing
     corosync to not work after upgrading from SLE-11-SP4-HA to SLE-12/15-HA.
     (bsc#1083561)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE 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:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-771=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP3-2018-771=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      corosync-debuginfo-2.3.6-9.13.1
      corosync-debugsource-2.3.6-9.13.1
      libcorosync-devel-2.3.6-9.13.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      corosync-2.3.6-9.13.1
      corosync-debuginfo-2.3.6-9.13.1
      corosync-debugsource-2.3.6-9.13.1
      libcorosync4-2.3.6-9.13.1
      libcorosync4-debuginfo-2.3.6-9.13.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1084.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1066585
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083561
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1089346

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SUSE: 2018:1121-1: important: corosync

May 2, 2018
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.

Summary

This update for corosync fixes the following issue: - CVE-2018-1084: Integer overflow in totemcrypto:authenticate_nss_2_3() could lead to command execution (bsc#1089346) - Providing an empty uid or gid results in coroparse adding uid 0. (bsc#1066585) - Fix a problem with configuration file incompatibilities that was causing corosync to not work after upgrading from SLE-11-SP4-HA to SLE-12/15-HA. (bsc#1083561) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-771=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP3-2018-771=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): corosync-debuginfo-2.3.6-9.13.1 corosync-debugsource-2.3.6-9.13.1 libcorosync-devel-2.3.6-9.13.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64): corosync-2.3.6-9.13.1 corosync-debuginfo-2.3.6-9.13.1 corosync-debugsource-2.3.6-9.13.1 libcorosync4-2.3.6-9.13.1 libcorosync4-debuginfo-2.3.6-9.13.1

References

#1066585 #1083561 #1089346

Cross- CVE-2018-1084

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1084.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1066585

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083561

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1089346

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Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1121-1
Rating: important

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