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SUSE: 2021:3875-1 Important: OpenSSH Privilege Escalation Fix

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Calendar Grey December 2, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has rolled out a security update for OpenSSH addressing a vulnerability that allows privilege elevation while also bolstering overall protection for SUSE Enterprise Systems.
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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-3875=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-3875=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2021-3875=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-3875=1

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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190975

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3875-1
Rating: important

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