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SUSE: 2021:725-1 High: Kernel Security Update for linux-firmware

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Calendar Grey October 27, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Container suse/sle15 has received a security enhancement addressing a buffer overflow, along with updates for util-linux. This is classified as moderate severity.
The container suse/sle15 was updated

Summary

Advisory ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3523-1 Released: Tue Oct 26 15:40:13 2021 Summary: Security update for util-linux Type: security Severity: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow security fix moderate severity util-linux suse container security

References

References : 1122417 1125886 1178236 1188921 CVE-2021-37600

1122417,1125886,1178236,1188921,CVE-2021-37600

This update for util-linux fixes the following issues:

Update to version 2.33.2 to provide seamless update from SLE12 SP5 to SLE15 SP2:

- CVE-2021-37600: Fixed an integer overflow which could lead to a buffer overflow in get_sem_elements() in sys-utils/ipcutils.c (bsc#1188921).

- agetty: Fix 8-bit processing in get_logname() (bsc#1125886).

- mount: Fix 'mount' output for net file systems (bsc#1122417).

- ipcs: Avoid overflows (bsc#1178236)

The following package changes have been done:

- libblkid1-2.33.2-4.16.1 updated

- libfdisk1-2.33.2-4.16.1 updated

- libmount1-2.33.2-4.16.1 updated

- libsmartcols1-2.33.2-4.16.1 updated

- libuuid1-2.33.2-4.16.1 updated

Container Advisory ID : SUSE-CU-2021:469-1
Container Tags : suse/sle15:15.2 , suse/sle15:15.2.9.5.38
Container Release : 9.5.38
Severity : moderate
Type : security

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow security fix moderate severity util-linux suse container security

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