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SUSE Linux Enterprise: 2021:1453-1 Important: CUPS Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey April 30, 2021
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Resolves a significant CUPS vulnerability that may lead to privilege escalation on SUSE platforms. Promptly apply the update to enhance security.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for cups fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-25317: ownership of /var/log/cups could allow privilege escalation from lp user to root via symlink attacks (bsc#1184161) 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-9-2021-1453=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-1453=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-1453=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2021-1453=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5:

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References

#1184161

Cross- CVE-2021-25317

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-25317 (SUSE): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS-SAP

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS-ERICSSON

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1453-1
Rating: important

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