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SUSE: 2020:0547-1 Moderate: Permissions Privilege Escalation Fix

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Calendar Grey February 28, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for access controls: Rectifies privilege elevation and access issues with a medium severity level.
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-2019-3687: Fixed a privilege escalation which could allow a local user to read network traffic if wireshark is installed (bsc#1148788) - CVE-2020-8013: Fixed an issue where chkstat set unintended setuid/capabilities for mrsh and wodim (bsc#1163922). Non-security issues fixed: - Fixed a regression where chkstat breaks without /proc available (bsc#1160764, bsc#1160594). - Fixed capability handling when doing multiple permission changes at once (bsc#1161779). 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 Module for Basesystem 15-SP1:

References

#1148788 #1160594 #1160764 #1161779 #1163922

Cross- CVE-2019-3687 CVE-2020-8013

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3687.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8013.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1148788

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1160594

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1160764

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1161779

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1163922

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0547-1
Rating: moderate

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