SUSE: 2023:0450-1 Important Security Update for Core-Linux System
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February 14, 2019
An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes is now available
Summary
This update for util-linux fixes the following issues: This non-security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-7738: bash-completion/umount allowed local users to gain privileges by embedding shell commands in a mountpoint name, which was mishandled during a umount command by a different user (bsc#1084300). These non-security issues were fixed: - Fixed crash loop in lscpu (bsc#1072947). - Fixed possible segfault of umount -a - Fixed mount -a on NFS bind mounts (bsc#1080740). - Fixed lsblk on NVMe (bsc#1078662). 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-7-2019-390=1
Topics Covered
References
#1072947 #1078662 #1080740 #1084300
Cross- CVE-2018-7738
Affected Products:
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7738.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1072947
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1078662
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1080740
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1084300
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0390-1
Rating: important
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