SUSE: 2024:3785-1 important: pcp local privilege escalation and updates
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October 30, 2024
* bsc#1217826 * bsc#1222815 * bsc#1230551 * bsc#1230552 * bsc#1231345
Summary
## This update for pcp fixes the following issues: pcp was updated from version 5.2.5 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) * 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 * Opt-in using the /etc/pcp.conf PCP_ARCHIVE_VERSION setting
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1217826
* bsc#1222815
* bsc#1230551
* bsc#1230552
* bsc#1231345
* jsc#PED-8192
* jsc#PED-8389
Cross-
* CVE-2023-6917
* 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-2024-45769 ( SUSE ): 5.7
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2024-45769 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:3785-1
Release Date: 2024-10-30T07:56:18Z
Rating: important
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