SUSE: 2020:2303-1 Important: Grub2 Kernel Validation Issue
suse
August 25, 2020
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available
Summary
This update for grub2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-15705: Fail kernel validation without shim protocol (bsc#1174421). - Add fibre channel device's ofpath support to grub-ofpathname and search hint to speed up root device discovery (bsc#1172745). 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 for SAP 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-2303=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-2303=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-2303=1
Topics Covered
References
#1172745 #1174421
Cross- CVE-2020-15705
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15705.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172745
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174421
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2303-1
Rating: important
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