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SUSE Linux: 2018:2834-1 Moderate: Shadow User Management Security Fix

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Calendar Grey September 24, 2018
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Patch available for shadow in openSUSE addresses security vulnerabilities. Use zypper or YaST for enhanced system protection.
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed

Summary

This update for shadow fixes the following security issue: - Prevent useradd from creating intermediate directories with mode 0777 (bsc#1106914) 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 Module for Basesystem 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1993=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): shadow-4.5-7.3.1 shadow-debuginfo-4.5-7.3.1 shadow-debugsource-4.5-7.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue user management system integrity SUSE shadow

References

#1106914

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1106914

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2834-1
Rating: moderate

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue user management system integrity SUSE shadow

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