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SUSE: 2021:3098-2 Critical: Privilege Escalation in Shadow
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July 19, 2018
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update for shadow fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-6252: Incorrect integer handling could results in 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 OpenStack Cloud 7: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-1351=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-1351=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1351=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-1351=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:
Topics Covered
References
#1099310
Cross- CVE-2016-6252
Affected Products:
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-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-2016-6252.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099310
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1997-1
Rating: important
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