Security update for grub2

SUSE Security Update: Security update for grub2
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2073-1
Rating: important
References: #1168994 #1173812 #1174463 #1174570
Cross-References:CVE-2020-10713 CVE-2020-14308 CVE-2020-14309 CVE-2020-14310 CVE-2020-14311 CVE-2020-15706 CVE-2020-15707
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

An update that fixes 7 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for grub2 fixes the following issues:

  • Fix for CVE-2020-10713 (bsc#1168994)
  • Fix for CVE-2020-14308 CVE-2020-14309, CVE-2020-14310, CVE-2020-14311 (bsc#1173812)
  • Fix for CVE-2020-15706 (bsc#1174463)
  • Fix for CVE-2020-15707 (bsc#1174570)

  • Use overflow checking primitives where the arithmetic expression for buffer allocations may include unvalidated data
  • Use grub_calloc for overflow check and return NULL when it would occur
  • Use gcc-9 compiler for overflow check builtins
  • Backport gcc-9 build fixes

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security 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 Server for SAP 15:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-2073=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-2073=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-2073=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-2073=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 (ppc64le x86_64):
    • grub2-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 (ppc64le):
    • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 (noarch):
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 (x86_64):
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS (aarch64 s390x):
    • grub2-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS (aarch64):
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS (noarch):
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS (s390x):
    • grub2-s390x-emu-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS (aarch64 x86_64):
    • grub2-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS (aarch64):
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS (x86_64):
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS (noarch):
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS (aarch64 x86_64):
    • grub2-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS (aarch64):
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS (noarch):
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02-19.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS (x86_64):
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02-19.48.1
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02-19.48.1

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