Security update for blktrace

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2942-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

blktrace was updated to fix a security issue:

  • CVE-2018-10689: Prevent buffer overflow in the dev_map_read function because the device and devno arrays were too small (bsc#1091942)

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 Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2942=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2942=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2942=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • blktrace-debuginfo-1.0.5-8.5.74
    • blktrace-1.0.5-8.5.74
    • blktrace-debugsource-1.0.5-8.5.74
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • blktrace-debuginfo-1.0.5-8.5.74
    • blktrace-1.0.5-8.5.74
    • blktrace-debugsource-1.0.5-8.5.74
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • blktrace-debuginfo-1.0.5-8.5.74
    • blktrace-1.0.5-8.5.74
    • blktrace-debugsource-1.0.5-8.5.74

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