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SUSE: 2019:3183-1 Moderate: Security Update for Permissions Issues

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Calendar Grey December 5, 2019
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a Security Patch that resolves two issues concerning user permissions, complete with remedial measures and guidance for installation.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three fixes is now available

Summary

This update for permissions fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2019-3688: Changed wrong ownership in /usr/sbin/pinger to root:squid which could have allowed a squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary (bsc#1093414). - CVE-2019-3690: Fixed a privilege escalation through untrusted symbolic links (bsc#1150734). Other issue addressed: - Corrected a badly constracted file which could have allowed treating of the shell environment as permissions files (bsc#1097665,bsc#1047247). - Fixed a regression which caused sagmentation fault (bsc#1157198). 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:

References

#1047247 #1093414 #1097665 #1150734 #1157198

Cross- CVE-2019-3688 CVE-2019-3690

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3688.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3690.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1047247

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1093414

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1097665

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1150734

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1157198

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:3183-1
Rating: moderate

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