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SUSE 11-SP4-LTSS Advisory: 2021:14777-1 Important Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey August 12, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a significant security update that tackles serious vulnerabilities in cpio, providing essential patches and guidance for secure installations.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for cpio fixes the following issues: It was possible to trigger Remote code execution due to a integer overflow (CVE-2021-38185, bsc#1189206) 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-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp4-cpio-14777=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-cpio-14777=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-cpio-14777=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-cpio-14777=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS (i586 ppc64 s390x x86_64): cpio-2.9-75.81.8.1

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References

#1189206

Cross- CVE-2021-38185

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-38185 (SUSE): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38185.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189206

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14777-1
Rating: important

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