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SUSE: 2021:1341-1 Important: Live Patch for SLE 12 SP3 - CVE-2021-28688

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Calendar Grey April 28, 2021
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SUSE has released a Security Update for the Linux Kernel Live Patch 39 that addresses a critical vulnerability impacting SLE 15 SP1.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.180-94_141 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2021-28688: Fixed an issue introduced by XSA-365 (bsc##1182294, bsc#1183646). 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 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-1341=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2021-1341=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 (ppc64le x86_64): kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_141-default-3-2.2 kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_141-default-debuginfo-3-2.2

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References

#1182294

Cross- CVE-2021-28688

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-28688 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28688.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182294

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1341-1
Rating: important

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