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SUSE 12-SP4 Important Grub2 Security Update: SUSE-SU-2020:2305-1

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Calendar Grey August 25, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Bulletin on grub2 addresses vulnerabilities classified as critical, including comprehensive patch guidelines and a list of impacted software versions.
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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2020-2305=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2020-2305=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2020-2305=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:

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Topics Covered

security advisory update vulnerability important SUSE grub

References

#1172745 #1174421

Cross- CVE-2020-15705

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15705.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172745

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174421

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2305-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

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