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An update that solves one vulnerability and has 5 fixes is An update that solves one vulnerability and has 5 fixes is An update that solves one vulnerability and has 5 fixes is now available. now available.. SUSE Security Update: Security update for util-linux ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:0555-1 Rating: important References: #1008965 #1012504 #1012632 #1019332 #1020077 #1023041 Cross-References: CVE-2017-2616 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has 5 fixes is now available. Description: This update for util-linux fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-2616: In su with PAM support it was possible for local users to send SIGKILL to selected other processes with root privileges (bsc#1023041). This non-security issues were fixed: - lscpu: Implement WSL detection and work around crash (bsc#1019332) - fstrim: De-duplicate btrfs sub-volumes for "fstrim -a" and bind mounts (bsc#1020077) - Fix regressions in safe loop re-use patch set for libmount (bsc#1012504) - Disable ro checks for mtab (bsc#1012632) - Ensure that the option "users,exec,dev,suid" work as expected on NFS mounts (bsc#1008965) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2017-291=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1: zypper in -t patchSUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-291=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-291=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-291=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1 (x86_64): libuuid-devel-2.25-40.1 util-linux-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 util-linux-debugsource-2.25-40.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64): libblkid-devel-2.25-40.1 libmount-devel-2.25-40.1 libsmartcols-devel-2.25-40.1 libuuid-devel-2.25-40.1 util-linux-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 util-linux-debugsource-2.25-40.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64): libblkid1-2.25-40.1 libblkid1-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 libmount1-2.25-40.1 libmount1-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 libsmartcols1-2.25-40.1 libsmartcols1-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 libuuid1-2.25-40.1 libuuid1-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 python-libmount-2.25-40.2 python-libmount-debuginfo-2.25-40.2 python-libmount-debugsource-2.25-40.2 util-linux-2.25-40.1 util-linux-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 util-linux-debugsource-2.25-40.1 util-linux-systemd-2.25-40.1 util-linux-systemd-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 util-linux-systemd-debugsource-2.25-40.1 uuidd-2.25-40.1 uuidd-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (s390x x86_64): libblkid1-32bit-2.25-40.1 libblkid1-debuginfo-32bit-2.25-40.1 libmount1-32bit-2.25-40.1 libmount1-debuginfo-32bit-2.25-40.1 libuuid1-32bit-2.25-40.1 libuuid1-debuginfo-32bit-2.25-40.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (noarch): util-linux-lang-2.25-40.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (noarch): util-linux-lang-2.25-40.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64): libblkid1-2.25-40.1 libblkid1-32bit-2.25-40.1 libblkid1-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 libblkid1-debuginfo-32bit-2.25-40.1 libmount1-2.25-40.1 libmount1-32bit-2.25-40.1 libmount1-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 libmount1-debuginfo-32bit-2.25-40.1 libsmartcols1-2.25-40.1 libsmartcols1-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 libuuid-devel-2.25-40.1 libuuid1-2.25-40.1 libuuid1-32bit-2.25-40.1 libuuid1-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 libuuid1-debuginfo-32bit-2.25-40.1 python-libmount-2.25-40.2 python-libmount-debuginfo-2.25-40.2 python-libmount-debugsource-2.25-40.2 util-linux-2.25-40.1 util-linux-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 util-linux-debugsource-2.25-40.1 util-linux-systemd-2.25-40.1 util-linux-systemd-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 util-linux-systemd-debugsource-2.25-40.1 uuidd-2.25-40.1 uuidd-debuginfo-2.25-40.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2616.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1008965 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012504 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012632 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1019332 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1020077 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1023041 . A recent SUSE patch for util-linux resolves significant security vulnerabilities, notably a critical SIGKILL risk for local users. Discover further information.. SUSE Linux, security update, util-linux fixes. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 23, 2017 •Important SuSE