Security update for systemd

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:4279-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2022-3821 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2022-3821 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for systemd fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2022-3821: Fixed buffer overrun in format_timespan() function (bsc#1204968).

  • Import commit 417bb0944e035969594fff83a3ab9c2ca9a56234

  • 20743c1a44 logind: fix crash in logind on user-specified message string
  • b971b5f085 tmpfiles: check the directory we were supposed to create, not its parent
  • 2850271ea6 stat-util: replace is_dir() + is_dir_fd() by single is_dir_full() call
  • 3d3bd5fc8d systemd --user: call pam_loginuid when creating user@.service (#3120) (bsc#1198507)
  • 4b56c3540a parse-util: introduce pid_is_valid()
  • aa811a4c0c systemd-detect-virt: refine hypervisor detection (#7171) (bsc#1197244)

Special Instructions and Notes:

  • Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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 Software Development Kit 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2022-4279=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-4279=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-4279=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-4279=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • systemd-debugsource-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-debuginfo-228-157.43.2
    • libudev-devel-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-devel-228-157.43.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libsystemd0-debuginfo-228-157.43.2
    • libsystemd0-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-debuginfo-228-157.43.2
    • udev-228-157.43.2
    • libudev1-debuginfo-228-157.43.2
    • udev-debuginfo-228-157.43.2
    • libudev1-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-debugsource-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-devel-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-sysvinit-228-157.43.2
    • libudev-devel-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-228-157.43.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • systemd-bash-completion-228-157.43.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • systemd-debuginfo-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • libsystemd0-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • libsystemd0-debuginfo-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • libudev1-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • libudev1-debuginfo-32bit-228-157.43.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libsystemd0-debuginfo-228-157.43.2
    • libsystemd0-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-debuginfo-228-157.43.2
    • udev-228-157.43.2
    • libudev1-debuginfo-228-157.43.2
    • udev-debuginfo-228-157.43.2
    • libudev1-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-debugsource-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-devel-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-sysvinit-228-157.43.2
    • libudev-devel-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-228-157.43.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • systemd-bash-completion-228-157.43.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (s390x x86_64)
    • systemd-debuginfo-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • libsystemd0-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • libsystemd0-debuginfo-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • libudev1-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • libudev1-debuginfo-32bit-228-157.43.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libsystemd0-debuginfo-228-157.43.2
    • libsystemd0-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-debuginfo-228-157.43.2
    • udev-228-157.43.2
    • libudev1-debuginfo-228-157.43.2
    • udev-debuginfo-228-157.43.2
    • libudev1-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-debugsource-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-devel-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-sysvinit-228-157.43.2
    • libudev-devel-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-228-157.43.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • systemd-bash-completion-228-157.43.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • systemd-debuginfo-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • libsystemd0-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • libsystemd0-debuginfo-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • libudev1-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • systemd-32bit-228-157.43.2
    • libudev1-debuginfo-32bit-228-157.43.2

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