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SUSE: 2024:0247-2 critical alert: severe issue fix for rear23a

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Calendar Grey January 26, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
Important security flaw fixed in rear23a, impacting several SUSE releases. Please update immediately to protect your infrastructures.
* bsc#1218728 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-23301

Summary

## This update for rear23a fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-23301: Fixed ReaR creates world-readable initrd with GRUB_RESCUE=Y. (bsc#1218728) ## 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 15.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-247=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-247=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP3-2024-247=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP4-2024-247=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP5

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Topics Covered

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References

* bsc#1218728

Cross-

* CVE-2024-23301

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-23301 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-23301 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.3

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux 15-SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0247-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

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