Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 36 for SLE 12 SP3)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3656-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-0429 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-0429 ( NVD ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-11668 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-11668 ( NVD ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-1749 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-1749 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-25645 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-25645 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.180-94_135 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2020-25645: Fixed an issue which traffic between two Geneve endpoints may be unencrypted when IPsec is configured to encrypt traffic for the specific UDP port used by the GENEVE tunnel allowing anyone between the two endpoints to read the traffic unencrypted (bsc#1177513).
  • CVE-2020-0429: Fixed a memory corruption due to a use after free which could have led to to local privilege escalation (bsc#1176931).
  • CVE-2020-11668: Fixed an issue where the Xirlink camera USB driver mishandled invalid descriptors (bsc#1173942).
  • CVE-2020-1749: Use ip6_dst_lookup_flow instead of ip6_dst_lookup (bsc#1165631).

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 Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2020-3656=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-ESPOS-2020-3656=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2020-3656=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_135-default-2-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_135-default-debuginfo-2-2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3 (x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_135-default-2-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_135-default-debuginfo-2-2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_135-default-2-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_135-default-debuginfo-2-2.1

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