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SUSE: 2021:14834-1 High: Server Management Security Patch

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Calendar Grey October 27, 2021
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This update enhances the functionality of SUSE Manager Client Tools while addressing vulnerabilities in security features across the impacted products.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes is now available

Summary

This update fixes the following issues: salt: - Exclude the full path of a download URL to prevent injection of malicious code (bsc#1190265) (CVE-2021-21996) spacecmd: - Version 4.2.13-1 * Update translation strings * configchannel_updatefile handles directory properly (bsc#1190512) * Add schedule_archivecompleted to mass archive actions (bsc#1181223) * Remove whoami from the list of unauthenticated commands (bsc#1188977) spacewalk-client-tools: - Version 4.2.14-1 * Update translation strings 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:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue software update fix suse client tools

References

#1181223 #1188977 #1190265 #1190512

Cross- CVE-2021-21996

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-21996 (SUSE): 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21996.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181223

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188977

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190265

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190512

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14833-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue software update fix suse client tools

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