SUSE: 2020:0331-1 Important: systemd Code Execution Risk
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February 5, 2020
An update that solves one vulnerability and has 9 fixes is now available
Summary
This update for systemd fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-1712 (bsc#bsc#1162108) Fix a heap use-after-free vulnerability, when asynchronous Polkit queries were performed while handling Dbus messages. A local unprivileged attacker could have abused this flaw to crash systemd services or potentially execute code and elevate their privileges, by sending specially crafted Dbus messages. - Unconfirmed fix for prevent hanging of systemctl during restart. (bsc#1139459) - Fix warnings thrown during package installation. (bsc#1154043) - Fix for system-udevd prevent crash within OES2018. (bsc#1151506) - Fragments of masked units ought not be considered for 'NeedDaemonReload'. (bsc#1156482) - Wait for workers to finish when exiting. (bsc#1106383)
Topics Covered
References
#1106383 #1133495 #1139459 #1151377 #1151506
#1154043 #1155574 #1156482 #1159814 #1162108
Cross- CVE-2020-1712
Affected Products:
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
HPE Helion Openstack 8
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0331-1
Rating: important
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