This update for systemd fixes the following issues: * Fix security vulnerabilities CVE-2018-16864 and CVE-2018-16865 (bsc#1120323): Both issues were memory corruptions via attacker-controlled alloca which could have been used to gain root privileges by a local attacker. * Fix security vulnerability CVE-2018-15686 (bsc#1113665): A vulnerability in unit_deserialize of systemd used to allow an attacker to supply arbitrary state across systemd re-execution via NotifyAccess. This could have been used to improperly influence systemd execution and possibly lead to root privilege escalation. * Remedy 2048 character line-length limit in systemd-sysctl code that would cause parser failures if /etc/sysctl.conf contained lines that exceeded this length (bsc#1071558).
#1068588 #1071558 #1113665 #1120323
Cross- CVE-2018-15686 CVE-2018-16864 CVE-2018-16865
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15686.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16864.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16865.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068588
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1071558
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1113665
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1120323
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