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SUSE 2024:3533-1 critical: pcp security patches and updates

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Calendar Grey October 4, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
Important patches for pcp address vulnerabilities such as a symbolic link exploit and memory overflow in SUSE platforms. Update immediately!
* bsc#1217826 * bsc#1222121 * bsc#1222815 * bsc#1230551 * bsc#1230552

Summary

## This update for pcp fixes the following issues: pcp was updated from version 5.3.7 to version 6.2.0 (jsc#PED-8192, jsc#PED-8389): * Security issues fixed: * CVE-2024-45770: Fixed a symlink attack that allows escalating from the pcp to the root user (bsc#1230552) * CVE-2024-45769: Fixed a heap corruption through metric pmstore operations (bsc#1230551) * CVE-2023-6917: Fixed local privilege escalation from pcp user to root in /usr/libexec/pcp/lib/pmproxy (bsc#1217826) * CVE-2024-3019: Disabled redis proxy by default (bsc#1222121) * Major changes: * Add version 3 PCP archive support: instance domain change-deltas, Y2038-safe timestamps, nanosecond-precision timestamps, arbitrary timezones support, 64-bit file offsets used throughout for larger (beyond 2GB) individual volumes.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update heap corruption symlink attack important SUSE pcp

References

* bsc#1217826

* bsc#1222121

* bsc#1222815

* bsc#1230551

* bsc#1230552

* jsc#PED-8192

* jsc#PED-8389

Cross-

* CVE-2023-6917

* CVE-2024-3019

* CVE-2024-45769

* CVE-2024-45770

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-6917 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-3019 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-45769 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-45770 ( SUSE ): 4.6

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

* CVE-2024-45770 ( SUSE ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2024-45770 ( NVD ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Products:

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:3533-1
Release Date: 2024-10-04T14:40:38Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory update heap corruption symlink attack important SUSE pcp

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