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SUSE: 2024:0834-2 Critical: Sudo ROWHAMMER Vulnerability Defense

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a key security patch for sudo to counteract CVE-2023-42465, aiming to prevent ROWHAMMER vulnerabilities.
* bsc#1219026 * bsc#1220389 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-42465

Summary

## This update for sudo fixes the following issues: * CVE-2023-42465: Try to make sudo less vulnerable to ROWHAMMER attacks (bsc#1219026). Fixed issues introduced by first patches for CVE-2023-42465 (bsc#1220389). ## 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-2024-834=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2024-834=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2024-834=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

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Topics Covered

security advisory important sudo SUSE Enterprise ROWHAMMER

References

* bsc#1219026

* bsc#1220389

Cross-

* CVE-2023-42465

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-42465 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2023-42465 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.3

* SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be

installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42465.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0834-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory important sudo SUSE Enterprise ROWHAMMER

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