SUSE: 2021:1702-1 low: local user threat from ed command vulnerability
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June 11, 2020
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update for ed fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2017-5357: An invalid free in the regular expression handling of the "ed" command processing could allow local users to crash ed. (bsc#1019807) 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 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1608=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1608=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): ed-1.9-4.4.5 ed-debuginfo-1.9-4.4.5 ed-debugsource-1.9-4.4.5
References
#1019807
Cross- CVE-2017-5357
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5357.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1019807
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1608-1
Rating: low
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