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SUSE Linux 15-SP3: 2021:1474-1 Important: Ceph Data Corruption

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Calendar Grey May 4, 2021
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SUSE has issued a security update for ceph, resolving a critical vulnerability with available patches. Find out more details here.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update for ceph fixes the following issues: - ceph was updated to 15.2.11-83-g8a15f484c2: * CVE-2021-20288: Fixed unauthorized global_id reuse (bsc#1183074). * disk gets replaced with no rocksdb/wal (bsc#1184231). * BlueStore handles huge(>4GB) writes from RocksDB to BlueFS poorly, potentially causing data corruption (bsc#1183899). 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 Module for Basesystem 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-1474=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-1474=1

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References

#1183074 #1183899 #1184231

Cross- CVE-2021-20288

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-20288 (NVD) : 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-20288 (SUSE): 8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

SUSE Enterprise Storage 7

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20288.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1183074

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1183899

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184231

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1474-1
Rating: important

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