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SUSE: 2023-4902 moderate: addressed polkit privilege escalation issue

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Calendar Grey December 19, 2023
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical patch addresses CVE-2023-38472 for avahi in SUSE distributions with a moderate rating.
* bsc#1216853 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-38472

Summary

## This update for avahi fixes the following issues: * CVE-2023-38472: Fixed reachable assertion in avahi_rdata_parse (bsc#1216853). ## 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: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-4901=1 SUSE-2023-4901=1 * openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2023-4901=1 * openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.4-2023-4901=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4901=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-4901=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update moderate threat patch management SUSE Linux avahi fix

References

* bsc#1216853

Cross-

* CVE-2023-38472

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-38472 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2023-38472 ( NVD ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP5

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4901-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update moderate threat patch management SUSE Linux avahi fix

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