Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 727
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 727

SUSE: 2024:4348-1 moderate: fix for socat file overwrite issue

suse
Calendar Grey December 17, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
A recent update for socat addresses an issue that could lead to unintended file overwrites in SUSE systems. Guidance on how to implement the patch is provided.
* bsc#1225462 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-54661

Summary

## This update for socat fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-54661: Fixed arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (bsc#1225462) ## 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: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2024-4348=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2024-4348=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64) * socat-1.7.3.2-150000.6.3.1 * socat-debuginfo-1.7.3.2-150000.6.3.1 * socat-debugsource-1.7.3.2-150000.6.3.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

References

* bsc#1225462

Cross-

* CVE-2024-54661

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-54661 ( SUSE ): 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-54661 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54661.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225462

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:4348-1
Release Date: 2024-12-17T08:36:49Z
Rating: moderate

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here