SUSE Linux Enterprise 11-SP3 Advisory: Critical Util-Linux Buffer Overflow
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April 14, 2021
An update that solves one vulnerability and has 9 fixes is now available
Summary
This update for util-linux fixes the following issues: - CVE-2015-5218: Prevent colcrt buffer overflow. (bsc#949754) These non-security issues were fixed: - Mount crashes when trying to mount `shmfs` while `SELinux` is active. (bsc#1040414) - Fix `lsblk -f` on `CCISS` and other devices with nodes in `/dev` subdirectory. (bsc#924994) - Fix `script(1)` hang caused by mis-interpreted EOF on big-endian platforms. (bsc#930236) - Do not segfault when TERM is not defined or wrong. (bsc#903440) - Update and fix mount XFS documentation. (bsc#925705) - Fix recognition of `/dev/dm-N` partitions names. (bsc#931607) - Follow SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 device mapper partition names configuration. (bsc#931607) - Fix recognition of device mapper partitions. (bsc#923904)
References
#1040414 #903440 #903738 #923777 #923904
#924994 #925705 #930236 #931607 #949754
Cross- CVE-2015-5218
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5218.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1040414
https://bugzilla.suse.com/903440
https://bugzilla.suse.com/903738
https://bugzilla.suse.com/923777
https://bugzilla.suse.com/923904
https://bugzilla.suse.com/924994
https://bugzilla.suse.com/925705
https://bugzilla.suse.com/930236
https://bugzilla.suse.com/931607
https://bugzilla.suse.com/949754
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14693-1
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