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SUSE: 2021:1454-2 Critical: CUPS Exploit Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey April 30, 2021
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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 Manager Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-1454=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-1454=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-1454=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1:

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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 Manager Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1454-1
Rating: important

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