Security update for mgetty

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0957-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-1010190 ( SUSE ): 2.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2019-1010190 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mgetty fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-1010190: Fixed a denial of service which could be caused by a local attacker in putwhitespan() (bsc#1142770).
  • Fixed a permission issue which have resulted in build failures (bsc#1168170).

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-SP1-2020-957=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • mgetty-debugsource-1.1.37-3.8.1
    • g3utils-1.1.37-3.8.1
    • g3utils-debuginfo-1.1.37-3.8.1
    • mgetty-1.1.37-3.8.1
    • mgetty-debuginfo-1.1.37-3.8.1

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