SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5: 2020:3715-1 Important Denial of Service Fix
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December 8, 2020
An update that solves 8 vulnerabilities and has 47 fixes is now available
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2020-15437: Fixed a null pointer dereference which could have allowed local users to cause a denial of service(bsc#1179140). - CVE-2020-27777: Restrict RTAS requests from userspace (bsc#1179107). - CVE-2020-28974: Fixed a slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon which could have been used by local attackers to read privileged information or potentially crash the kernel (bsc#1178589). - CVE-2020-28915: Fixed a buffer over-read in the fbcon code which could have been used by local attackers to read kernel memory (bsc#1178886). - CVE-2020-8694: Insufficient access control for some Intel(R) Processors may have allowed an authenticated user to potentially enable information
References
#1050549 #1058115 #1067665 #1111666 #1112178
#1167030 #1170139 #1170415 #1170446 #1170630
#1172542 #1172873 #1174726 #1175306 #1175916
#1176109 #1176855 #1176907 #1176983 #1177304
#1177397 #1177703 #1177805 #1177808 #1177809
#1177819 #1177820 #1178123 #1178182 #1178393
#1178589 #1178591 #1178607 #1178635 #1178669
#1178686 #1178700 #1178765 #1178838 #1178853
#1178854 #1178878 #1178886 #1178897 #1178940
#1178962 #1179107 #1179140 #1179211 #1179213
#1179259 #1179424 #1179426 #1179427 #927455
Cross- CVE-2020-15437 CVE-2020-25668 CVE-2020-25669
CVE-2020-25704 CVE-2020-27777 CVE-2020-28915
CVE-2020-28974 CVE-2020-8694
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
https://www.suse.com/security/cve...
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3715-1
Rating: important
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