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SUSE: 2021:14732-1 Moderate: Command Injection in Client Tools

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Calendar Grey May 21, 2021
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SUSE Security Advisory for Manager Client Tools addresses a moderate severity vulnerability impacting client utilities.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update fixes the following issues: mgr-daemon: - Update translation strings mgr-osad: - Change the log file permissions as expected by logrotate (bsc#1177884) - Change deprecated path /var/run into /run for systemd (bsc#1185178) salt: - Prevent command injection in the snapper module (bsc#1185281) (CVE-2021-31607) spacecmd: - Rename system migration to system transfer - Rename SP to product migration spacewalk-client-tools: - Update translations string 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 11-SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS-BETA: zypper in -t patch slesctsp4-client-tools-beta-202105-14732=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity SUSE Linux command injection client tools

References

#1177884 #1185178 #1185281

Cross- CVE-2021-31607

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-31607 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-31607 (SUSE): 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS-BETA

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS-BETA

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31607.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177884

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185178

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185281

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14732-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity SUSE Linux command injection client tools

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