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SUSE: 2020:2079-1 Important: Grub2 Patch for Multiple Issues

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Calendar Grey July 29, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE releases critical patch for grub2 addressing multiple security flaws. Update promptly to maintain system integrity.
An update that fixes 7 vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for grub2 fixes the following issues: - Fix for CVE-2020-10713 (bsc#1168994) - Fix for CVE-2020-14308 CVE-2020-14309, CVE-2020-14310, CVE-2020-14311 (bsc#1173812) - Fix for CVE-2020-15706 (bsc#1174463) - Fix for CVE-2020-15707 (bsc#1174570) - Use overflow checking primitives where the arithmetic expression for buffer allocations may include unvalidated data - Use grub_calloc for overflow check and return NULL when it would occur - Use gcc-9 compiler for overflow check builtins - Backport gcc-9 build fixes - Fix packed-not-aligned error on GCC 8 (bsc#1084632) 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:

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update buffer overflow important SUSE Linux Enterprise grub2

References

#1084632 #1168994 #1173812 #1174463 #1174570

Cross- CVE-2020-10713 CVE-2020-14308 CVE-2020-14309

CVE-2020-14310 CVE-2020-14311 CVE-2020-15706

CVE-2020-15707

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL

SUSE Enterprise Storage 5

HPE Helion Openstack 8

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10713.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14308.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14309.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14310.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14311.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15706.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2079-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update buffer overflow important SUSE Linux Enterprise grub2

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