SUSE: 2018:2908-1 Important: Multiple Linux Kernel Exploits Addressed
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September 27, 2018
An update that solves 19 vulnerabilities and has 19 fixes is now available
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-14634: Prevent integer overflow in create_elf_tables that allowed a local attacker to exploit this vulnerability via a SUID-root binary and obtain full root privileges (bsc#1108912) - CVE-2018-14617: Prevent NULL pointer dereference and panic in hfsplus_lookup() when opening a file (that is purportedly a hard link) in an hfs+ filesystem that has malformed catalog data, and is mounted read-only without a metadata directory (bsc#1102870) - CVE-2018-16276: Incorrect bounds checking in the yurex USB driver in yurex_read allowed local attackers to use user access read/writes to crash the kernel or potentially escalate privileges (bsc#1106095)
Topics Covered
References
#1012382 #1024788 #1062604 #1064233 #1065999
#1090534 #1090955 #1091171 #1092903 #1096547
#1097104 #1097108 #1099811 #1099813 #1099844
#1099845 #1099846 #1099849 #1099863 #1099864
#1099922 #1100001 #1102870 #1103445 #1104319
#1104495 #1104818 #1104906 #1105100 #1105322
#1105323 #1105396 #1106095 #1106369 #1106509
#1106511 #1107689 #1108912
Cross- CVE-2018-10853 CVE-2018-10876 CVE-2018-10877
CVE-2018-10878 CVE-2018-10879 CVE-2018-10880
CVE-2018-10881 CVE-2018-10882 CVE-2018-10883
CVE-2018-10902 CVE-2018-10940 CVE-2018-12896
CVE-2018-13093 CVE-2018-14617 CVE-2018-14634
CVE-2018-16276 CVE-2018-16658 CVE-2018-6554
CVE-2018-6555
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2908-1
Rating: important
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