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SUSE: 2021:566-1 Moderate Security Update for Keyutils and Aaa_base

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Calendar Grey December 5, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for suse/sle15 addresses moderate vulnerabilities in keyutils and aaa_base, improving container protection.
The container suse/sle15 was updated

Summary

Advisory ID: SUSE-RU-2021:3891-1 Released: Fri Dec 3 10:21:49 2021 Summary: Recommended update for keyutils Type: recommended Severity: moderate Advisory ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3899-1 Released: Fri Dec 3 11:27:41 2021 Summary: Security update for aaa_base Type: security Severity: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate suse container security keyutils aaa_base

References

References : 1029961 1113013 1162581 1174504 1187654 1191563 1192248

1029961,1113013,1187654

This update for keyutils fixes the following issues:

- Add /etc/keys/ and /usr/etc/keys/ directory (bsc#1187654)

keyutils was updated to 1.6.3 (jsc#SLE-20016):

* Revert the change notifications that were using /dev/watch_queue.

* Apply the change notifications that use pipe2(O_NOTIFICATION_PIPE).

* Allow 'keyctl supports' to retrieve raw capability data.

* Allow 'keyctl id' to turn a symbolic key ID into a numeric ID.

* Allow 'keyctl new_session' to name the keyring.

* Allow 'keyctl add/padd/etc.' to take hex-encoded data.

* Add 'keyctl watch*' to expose kernel change notifications on keys.

* Add caps for namespacing and notifications.

* Set a default TTL on keys that upcall for name resolution.

Container Advisory ID : SUSE-CU-2021:566-1
Container Tags : suse/sle15:15.3 , suse/sle15:15.3.17.8.40
Container Release : 17.8.40
Severity : moderate
Type : security

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security advisory moderate suse container security keyutils aaa_base

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