SUSE: 2022:0345-4 Critical Remote Code Execution and Security Risk Alert
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January 31, 2022
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24_83 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2022-0185: Incorrect param length parsing in legacy_parse_param which could have led to a local privilege escalation (bsc#1194517). - CVE-2021-42739: The firewire subsystem had a buffer overflow related to drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-avc.c and drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-ci.c, because avc_ca_pmt mishandled bounds checking (bsc#1184673). 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 Module for Live Patching 15-SP2:
References
#1192036 #1194737
Cross- CVE-2021-42739 CVE-2022-0185
CVSS scores:
CVE-2021-42739 (SUSE): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-0185 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15-SP2
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42739.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0185.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1192036
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194737
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:0238-1
Rating: important
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