Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 631
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 631

SUSE 15 SP2: 2020:2879-1 Important: Kernel Security Fixes

suse
Calendar Grey October 8, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
Important patch release for SUSE Linux Kernel resolves several vulnerabilities. Apply updates to improve system protection.
An update that solves 9 vulnerabilities and has 105 fixes is now available

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2020-26088: Fixed an improper CAP_NET_RAW check in NFC socket creation could have been used by local attackers to create raw sockets, bypassing security mechanisms (bsc#1176990). - CVE-2020-14390: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory write leading to memory corruption or a denial of service when changing screen size (bnc#1176235). - CVE-2020-0432: Fixed an out of bounds write due to an integer overflow (bsc#1176721). - CVE-2020-0427: Fixed an out of bounds read due to a use after free (bsc#1176725). - CVE-2020-0431: Fixed an out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check (bsc#1176722). - CVE-2020-0404: Fixed a linked list corruption due to an unusual root cause (bsc#1176423).

References

#1055186 #1058115 #1065600 #1065729 #1094244

#1136666 #1152148 #1152472 #1152489 #1153274

#1154353 #1155518 #1155798 #1156395 #1167527

#1170232 #1170774 #1171000 #1171068 #1171073

#1171558 #1171688 #1171742 #1172419 #1172757

#1172873 #1173017 #1173060 #1173115 #1173267

#1173746 #1174029 #1174110 #1174111 #1174358

#1174484 #1174486 #1174899 #1175263 #1175667

#1175718 #1175749 #1175787 #1175882 #1175952

#1175996 #1175997 #1175998 #1175999 #1176000

#1176001 #1176019 #1176022 #1176038 #1176063

#1176137 #1176235 #1176236 #1176237 #1176242

#1176278 #1176357 #1176358 #1176359 #1176360

#1176361 #1176362 #1176363 #1176364 #1176365

#1176366 #1176367 #1176381 #1176423 #1176449

#1176482 #117...

Read the Full Advisory

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2879-1
Rating: important

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Related News

Your message here