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SUSE: 2019:2778-1 Moderate: AccountsService Directory Traversal Fix

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Calendar Grey October 24, 2019
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Update: Security update for accountsservice __________________________________________
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for accountsservice fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2018-14036: Prevent directory traversal caused by an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() (bsc#1099699). Non-security issue fixed: - Improved wtmp io performance (bsc#1139487). 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 Software Development Kit 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2019-2778=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-2778=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:

References

#1099699 #1139487

Cross- CVE-2018-14036

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14036.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099699

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1139487

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:2778-1
Rating: moderate

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