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SUSE: 2021:14847-1 Critical: OpenSSH Privilege Escalation Fix

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Calendar Grey December 1, 2021
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Essential SUSE patch for OpenSSH addresses privilege escalation vulnerability CVE-2021-41617, accompanied by crucial update guidelines.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for openssh fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-41617: Fixed privilege escalation when AuthorizedKeysCommand/AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand are configured (bsc#1190975). 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-openssh-14847=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-openssh-14847=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS (i586 ppc64 s390x x86_64): openssh-6.6p1-36.26.1 openssh-askpass-gnome-6.6p1-36.26.1 openssh-fips-6.6p1-36.26.1 openssh-helpers-6.6p1-36.26.1

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References

#1190975

Cross- CVE-2021-41617

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-41617 (NVD) : 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-41617 (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-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41617.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190975

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14847-1
Rating: important

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