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SUSE: 2020:694-1 Moderate: Critical Security Updates for suse/sle15

. SUSE Container Update Advisory: suse/sle15 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Container Advisory ID : SUSE-CU-2020:694-1 Container Tags : suse/sle15:15.2 , suse/sle15:15.2.8.2.794 Container Release : 8.2.794 Severity : moderate Type : security References : 1174593 1177458 1177490 1177510 1177858 1178512 1178727 CVE-2020-28196 ----------------------------------------------------------------- The container suse/sle15 was updated. The following patches have been included in this update: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Advisory ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3377-1 Released: Thu Nov 19 09:29:32 2020 Summary: Security update for krb5 Type: security Severity: moderate References: 1178512,CVE-2020-28196 This update for krb5 fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2020-28196: Fixed an unbounded recursion via an ASN.1-encoded Kerberos message (bsc#1178512). ----------------------------------------------------------------- Advisory ID: SUSE-RU-2020:3381-1 Released: Thu Nov 19 10:53:38 2020 Summary: Recommended update for systemd Type: recommended Severity: moderate References: 1177458,1177490,1177510 This update for systemd fixes the following issues: - build-sys: optionally disable support of journal over the network (bsc#1177458) - ask-password: prevent buffer overflow when reading from keyring (bsc#1177510) - mount: don't propagate errors from mount_setup_unit() further up - Rely on the new build option --disable-remote for journal_remote This allows to drop the workaround that consisted in cleaning journal-upload files and {sysusers.d,tmpfiles.d}/systemd-remote.conf manually when 'journal_remote' support was disabled. - Move journal-{remote,upload}.conf.5.gz man pages into systemd-journal_remote sub package - Make sure {sysusers.d,tmpfiles.d}/systemd-remote.conf are not shipped with --without=journal_remote (bsc#1177458) These files were incorrectly packaged inthe main package when systemd-journal_remote was disabled. - Make use of %{_unitdir} and %{_sysusersdir} - Remove mq-deadline selection from 60-io-scheduler.rules (bsc#1177490) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Advisory ID: SUSE-RU-2020:3462-1 Released: Fri Nov 20 13:14:35 2020 Summary: Recommended update for pam and sudo Type: recommended Severity: moderate References: 1174593,1177858,1178727 This update for pam and sudo fixes the following issue: pam: - pam_xauth: do not *free* a string which has been successfully passed to *putenv*. (bsc#1177858) - Initialize the local variable *daysleft* to avoid a misleading warning for password expire days. (bsc#1178727) - Run /usr/bin/xauth using the old user's and group's identifiers. (bsc#1174593) sudo: - Fix a problem with pam_xauth which checks effective and real uids to get the real identity of the user. (bsc#1174593) . SUSE Container Update Notice for suse/sle15 highlights important revisions to krb5 and systemd, tackling moderate severity concerns.. suse/sle15 updates, security advisory, container security updates, krb5 issue, systemd patching. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Nov 25, 2020 SuSE