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SUSE: 2023:4512-1 Important: Shell Injection Fix in Util-Linux

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Calendar Grey November 21, 2023
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Stay informed about critical updates for util-linux on SUSE systems, especially the CVE-2018-7738 vulnerability that allows shell injection commands
* bsc#1213865 Cross-References: * CVE-2018-7738

Summary

## This update for util-linux fixes the following issues: * CVE-2018-7738: Fixed shell code injection in umount bash-completions (bsc#1213865). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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 High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2023-4512=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-4512=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2023-4512=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2

References

* bsc#1213865

Cross-

* CVE-2018-7738

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2018-7738 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2018-7738 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4512-1
Rating: important

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