SUSE: 2019:0137-1 Important: Systemd Memory Corruption Issues
suse
January 21, 2019
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes is now available
Summary
This update for systemd provides the following fixes: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-16864, CVE-2018-16865: Fixed two memory corruptions through attacker-controlled alloca()s (bsc#1120323) - CVE-2018-16866: Fixed an information leak in journald (bsc#1120323) - CVE-2018-6954: Fix mishandling of symlinks present in non-terminal path components (bsc#1080919) - Fixed an issue during system startup in relation to encrypted swap disks (bsc#1119971) Non-security issues fixed: - pam_systemd: Fix 'Cannot create session: Already running in a session' (bsc#1111498) - systemd-vconsole-setup: vconsole setup fails, fonts will not be copied to tty (bsc#1114933) - systemd-tmpfiles-setup: symlinked /tmp to /var/tmp breaking multiple units (bsc#1045723)
Topics Covered
References
#1005023 #1045723 #1076696 #1080919 #1093753
#1101591 #1111498 #1114933 #1117063 #1119971
#1120323
Cross- CVE-2018-16864 CVE-2018-16865 CVE-2018-16866
CVE-2018-6954
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16864.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16865.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16866.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6954.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1005023
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1045723
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1076696
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1080919
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1093753
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1101591
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0137-1
Rating: important
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