SUSE: 2020:2942-1 Low Severity: blktrace Buffer Overflow Fix
suse
October 16, 2020
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed
Summary
blktrace was updated to fix a security issue: - CVE-2018-10689: Prevent buffer overflow in the dev_map_read function because the device and devno arrays were too small (bsc#1091942) 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 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2942=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): blktrace-1.0.5-8.5.74 blktrace-debuginfo-1.0.5-8.5.74 blktrace-debugsource-1.0.5-8.5.74
References
#1091942
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1091942
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2942-1
Rating: low
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