Security update for google-osconfig-agent

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:0601-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-38297 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2021-38297 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-23806 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2022-23806 ( NVD ): 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Public Cloud Module 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has six security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for google-osconfig-agent fixes the following issues:

Updated to version 20230222.00 (bsc#1202100, bsc#1202101) and bumped go API version to 1.18 to address the following (bsc#1208723):

  • CVE-2021-38297: Fixed data overwrite when passing large arguments to GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js (bsc#1191468).
  • CVE-2022-23806: Fixed Curve.IsOnCurve to incorrectly return true (bsc#1195838).

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed missing install command in %post section to create state file (bsc#1202826).
  • Avoid bashim in post install scripts (bsc#1195391).
  • Don't restart daemon on package upgrade, create a state file instead (bsc#1194319).

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:

  • Public Cloud Module 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2023-601=1

Package List:

  • Public Cloud Module 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • google-osconfig-agent-20230222.00-1.20.1

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