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SUSE: 2020:14419-1 Important: Openldap2 Local Privilege Escalation Fix

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Calendar Grey July 6, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for openldap2 resolves a local privilege escalation vulnerability, bolstering overall system security protocols.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for openldap2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-8023: Fixed a potential local privilege escalation from ldap to root when OPENLDAP_CONFIG_BACKEND="ldap" was used (bsc#1172698). 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-openldap2-14419=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY: zypper in -t patch secsp3-openldap2-14419=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-openldap2-14419=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-openldap2-14419=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:

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Topics Covered

security advisory local privilege escalation important SUSE openldap2

References

#1172698

Cross- CVE-2020-8023

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8023.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172698

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14419-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory local privilege escalation important SUSE openldap2

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