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SUSE: 2021:3121-1 Important: Crmsh CVE-2020-35459 Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey September 16, 2021
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SUSE has issued a critical update for crmsh to address CVE-2020-35459 vulnerabilities, impacting system integrity and requiring immediate action for affected users
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for crmsh fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-35459: Fixed usage of utils.mkdirp instead of system mkdir command (bsc#1179999). - Fixed usage to collect ra trace files (bsc#1189641). 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 High Availability 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP5-2021-3121=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP4-2021-3121=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP5 (noarch): crmsh-4.1.1+git.1630047134.803a70f2-2.65.1 crmsh-scripts-4.1.1+git.1630047134.803a70f2-2.65.1

References

#1179999 #1189641

Cross- CVE-2020-35459

CVSS scores:

CVE-2020-35459 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2020-35459 (SUSE): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35459.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179999

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189641

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3121-1
Rating: important

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