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SUSE: 2020:1859-1 Important: openldap2 Local Privilege Escalation Fixes

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Calendar Grey July 6, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a security update for openldap2, providing details on resolved vulnerabilities and step-by-step patching guidance.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes 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). - Changed DB_CONFIG to root:ldap permissions (bsc#1172704). - Fixed an issue where slapd becomes unresponsive after many failed login/bind attempts(bsc#1170715). 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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2020-1859=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2020-1859=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:

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Topics Covered

security advisory local privilege escalation important software fix openldap2 patch instructions SUSE OpenStack Cloud

References

#1170715 #1172698 #1172704

Cross- CVE-2020-8023

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

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-SP5

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 Enterprise Storage 5

HPE Helion Openstack 8

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

https://bugzilla.suse....

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1859-1
Rating: important

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security advisory local privilege escalation important software fix openldap2 patch instructions SUSE OpenStack Cloud

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