Security update for aws-cli

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0251-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-15869 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-15869 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • HPE Helion OpenStack 8
  • Public Cloud Module 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

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

Description:

This update for aws-cli to version 1.16.297 fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2018-15869: Fixed an permission handling issue where an unexpected AMI could potentially be used (bsc#1105988).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Fixed an issue with the CLI client, where a ModuleNotFoundError was triggered (bsc#1092493).

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:

  • HPE Helion OpenStack 8
    zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2020-251=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2020-251=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2020-251=1
  • Public Cloud Module 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2020-251=1

Package List:

  • HPE Helion OpenStack 8 (noarch)
    • aws-cli-1.16.297-22.11.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 (noarch)
    • aws-cli-1.16.297-22.11.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 (noarch)
    • aws-cli-1.16.297-22.11.1
  • Public Cloud Module 12 (noarch)
    • aws-cli-1.16.297-22.11.1

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