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SUSE: 2020:14304-1 Moderate: Permissions Symlink Check Fix

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Calendar Grey February 28, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for access controls tackles a significant matter regarding symlink validations and improvements.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update for permissions fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2020-8013: Fixed a missing symlink check. Do not follow symlinks that are the final path element (bsc#1163922). - Fixed a regression where chkstat broke when /proc was not available (bsc#1160764, bsc#1160594). 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 Server 11-SP4-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp4-permissions-14304=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-permissions-14304=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS (ppc64): permissions-2013.1.7-0.6.12.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update issue fixes permissions SUSE

References

#1160594 #1160764 #1163922

Cross- CVE-2020-8013

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1160594

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1160764

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1163922

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14304-1
Rating: moderate

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