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openSUSE 2020:0158-1 Important: Kauth Special Permissions Vulnerability

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.. openSUSE Security Update: Security update for kauth ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:0247-1 Rating: moderate References: #1124863 Cross-References: CVE-2019-7443 Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update for kauth fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2019-7443: Fixed an insecure handling of arguments in helpers by removing the support of passing gui variants (bsc#1124863). This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.0:Update update project. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security 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 Backports SLE-15: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-247=1 Package List: - openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): kauth-devel-5.45.0-bp150.3.6.1 libKF5Auth5-5.45.0-bp150.3.6.1 - openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (aarch64_ilp32): kauth-devel-64bit-5.45.0-bp150.3.6.1 libKF5Auth5-64bit-5.45.0-bp150.3.6.1 - openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (noarch): libKF5Auth5-lang-5.45.0-bp150.3.6.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7443.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1124863 -- . openSUSE Security Update: Security update for kauth ________________________________________________. update, security, fixes, vulnerability, opensuse. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 26, 2019 •Important OpenSUSE