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SUSE: 2018:1698-1 Critical Update for gpg2 Decryption Issue Resolved

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Calendar Grey June 15, 2018
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SUSE A vital patch has been released to tackle a significant vulnerability in gpg2, bolstering the overall security and reliability of the system.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for gpg2 fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2018-12020: GnuPG mishandled the original filename during decryption and verification actions, which allowed remote attackers to spoof the output that GnuPG sends on file descriptor 2 to other programs that use the "--status-fd 2" option (bsc#1096745) 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 OpenStack Cloud 7: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-1141=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-1141=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2018-1141=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory update important gpg OpenStack SUSE Linux Enterprise decryption issue

References

#1096745

Cross- CVE-2018-12020

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3

SUSE Enterprise Storage 4

SUSE CaaS Platform ALL

OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12020.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096745

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1698-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory update important gpg OpenStack SUSE Linux Enterprise decryption issue

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