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SUSE: 2019:2003-2 Critical: Heartbleed Vulnerability Mitigation

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Calendar Grey July 19, 2018
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Red Hat Security Advisory addresses urgent vulnerability in access control. Apply suggested updates to safeguard your environment.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for shadow fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-6252: Fixed incorrect integer handling that could results in a local privilege escalation (bsc#1099310) 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 Server for SAP 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2018-1354=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-1354=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-1354=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (ppc64le x86_64): shadow-4.1.5.1-19.8.1 shadow-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-19.8.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation important SUSE shadow

References

#1099310

Cross- CVE-2016-6252

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6252.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099310

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1995-1
Rating: important

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