Security update for logrotate

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2398-1
Rating: important
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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 three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for logrotate fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • Improved coredump handing for SUID binaries (bsc#1192449).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Fixed "logrotate emits unintended warning: keyword size not properly separated, found 0x3d" (bsc#1200278, bsc#1200802).

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-SP5-2022-2398=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-2398=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-2398=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • logrotate-debugsource-3.11.0-2.20.1
    • logrotate-debuginfo-3.11.0-2.20.1
    • logrotate-3.11.0-2.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • logrotate-debugsource-3.11.0-2.20.1
    • logrotate-debuginfo-3.11.0-2.20.1
    • logrotate-3.11.0-2.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • logrotate-debugsource-3.11.0-2.20.1
    • logrotate-debuginfo-3.11.0-2.20.1
    • logrotate-3.11.0-2.20.1

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