Security update for trousers

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:3349-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-18898 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-18898 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 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 trousers fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-18898: Fixed a local symlink attack where a rogue tss user could have gain ownership of arbitrary files in the system during installation/update of the trousers package (bsc#1157651).

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-3349=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • trousers-devel-0.3.14-6.3.1
    • trousers-debuginfo-0.3.14-6.3.1
    • libtspi1-0.3.14-6.3.1
    • libtspi1-debuginfo-0.3.14-6.3.1
    • trousers-debugsource-0.3.14-6.3.1
    • trousers-0.3.14-6.3.1

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