Security update for libqb

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:1791-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-12779 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2019-12779 ( NVD ): 7.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libqb fixes the following issue:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-12779: Fixed an insecure treatment of IPC temporary files which could have allowed a local attacker to overwrite privileged system files (bsc#1137835).

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP1-2019-1791=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libqb-tests-debuginfo-1.0.3+20190326.a521604-3.3.1
    • libqb-tests-1.0.3+20190326.a521604-3.3.1
    • libqb-tools-debuginfo-1.0.3+20190326.a521604-3.3.1
    • libqb20-1.0.3+20190326.a521604-3.3.1
    • libqb-tools-1.0.3+20190326.a521604-3.3.1
    • libqb-devel-1.0.3+20190326.a521604-3.3.1
    • libqb-debugsource-1.0.3+20190326.a521604-3.3.1
    • libqb20-debuginfo-1.0.3+20190326.a521604-3.3.1

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