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SUSE 2018:2448-1 Important: Shadow Local Privilege Escalation Fix

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Calendar Grey August 20, 2018
Scroller Suse Esm H88
A crucial Fedora patch aimed at resolving security vulnerabilities related to user access control. Explore further information here.
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 CaaS Platform 3.0: To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way. Package List: - SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (x86_64): shadow-4.2.1-27.16.1 shadow-debuginfo-4.2.1-27.16.1 shadow-debugsource-4.2.1-27.16.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update local privilege escalation important shadow patch instructions SUSE CaaS Platform

References

#1099310

Cross- CVE-2016-6252

Affected Products:

SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099310

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2448-1
Rating: important

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security advisory security update local privilege escalation important shadow patch instructions SUSE CaaS Platform

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