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SUSE 15:2022:2798-1 Important: Trousers Privilege Escalation Fix

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Calendar Grey August 12, 2022
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New patch released for trousers mitigating a significant privilege escalation vulnerability in SUSE Linux platforms.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for trousers fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-24330: Fixed a potential tss user to root privilege escalation issue (bsc#1164472). 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 Server for SAP 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2022-2798=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2022-2798=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2022-2798=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2022-2798=1 Package List:

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References

#1164472

Cross- CVE-2020-24330

CVSS scores:

CVE-2020-24330 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2020-24330 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24330.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1164472

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2798-1
Rating: important

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