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SUSE: 2021:2136-1 Important: Cryptctl Threat Mitigation for Servers

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Calendar Grey June 23, 2021
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A new patch has been released to address a major vulnerability in cryptctl within multiple SUSE offerings, bolstering security measures.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for cryptctl fixes the following issues: Update to version 2.4: - CVE-2019-18906: Client side password hashing was equivalent to clear text password storage (bsc#1186226) - First step to use plain text password instead of hashed password. - Move repository into the SUSE github organization - in RPC server, if client comes from localhost, remember its ipv4 localhost address instead of ipv6 address - tell a record to clear expired pending commands upon saving a command result; introduce pending commands RPC test case - avoid hard coding 127.0.0.1 in host ID of alive message test; let system administrator mount and unmount disks by issuing these two commands on key server. Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

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security advisory threat mitigation server update SUSE Linux Enterprise SAP applications cryptctl

References

#1186226

Cross- CVE-2019-18906

Affected Products:

SUSE Manager Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for SAP Applications 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for SAP Applications 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Enterprise Storage 6

SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18906.html

https://bugzilla.su...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2136-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory threat mitigation server update SUSE Linux Enterprise SAP applications cryptctl

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