Security update for shadow

SUSE Security Update: Security update for shadow
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2947-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1023895 #1052261 #980486
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform ALL
  • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7

  • An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.

    Description:

    This update for shadow fixes several issues.

    This security issue was fixed:

    - CVE-2017-12424: The newusers tool could have been forced to manipulate
    internal data structures in ways unintended by the authors. Malformed
    input may have lead to crashes (with a buffer overflow or other memory
    corruption) or
    other unspecified behaviors (bsc#1052261).

    These non-security issues were fixed:

    - bsc#1023895: Fixed man page to not contain invalid options and also
    prevent warnings when using these options in certain settings
    - bsc#980486: Reset user in /var/log/tallylog because of the usage of
    pam_tally2

    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 Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1829=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1829=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1829=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1829=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1829=1
    • SUSE Container as a Service Platform ALL:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2017-1829=1
    • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-1829=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64):
      • shadow-4.2.1-27.3.3
      • shadow-debuginfo-4.2.1-27.3.3
      • shadow-debugsource-4.2.1-27.3.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • shadow-4.2.1-27.3.3
      • shadow-debuginfo-4.2.1-27.3.3
      • shadow-debugsource-4.2.1-27.3.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • shadow-4.2.1-27.3.3
      • shadow-debuginfo-4.2.1-27.3.3
      • shadow-debugsource-4.2.1-27.3.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):
      • shadow-4.2.1-27.3.3
      • shadow-debuginfo-4.2.1-27.3.3
      • shadow-debugsource-4.2.1-27.3.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • shadow-4.2.1-27.3.3
      • shadow-debuginfo-4.2.1-27.3.3
      • shadow-debugsource-4.2.1-27.3.3
    • SUSE Container as a Service Platform ALL (x86_64):
      • shadow-4.2.1-27.3.3
      • shadow-debuginfo-4.2.1-27.3.3
      • shadow-debugsource-4.2.1-27.3.3
    • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64):
      • shadow-4.2.1-27.3.3
      • shadow-debuginfo-4.2.1-27.3.3
      • shadow-debugsource-4.2.1-27.3.3

    References: