Security update for grub2

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2015:2387-1
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#774666 bsc#917427 bsc#946148 bsc#952539 bsc#954126 bsc#954519 bsc#955493 bsc#955609 bsc#956631
Cross-References:	CVE-2015-8370
CVSS scores:
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1

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

Description:

• Fix buffer overflows when reading username and password. (bsc#956631, CVE-2015-8370)
• Check MS-DOS header to find PE file header. (bsc#954126)
• Use dirname for copying Xen kernel and initrd to esp. (bsc#955493)
• Fix reading password by grub2-mkpasswd-pbdk2 without controlling tty. (bsc#954519)
• Add luks, gcry_rijndael and gcry_sha1 to signed EFI image to support LUKS partition in default setup. (bsc#917427, bsc#955609)
• Expand list of grub.cfg search path in PV Xen guests for systems installed on btrfs snapshots. (bsc#946148, bsc#952539)

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 Desktop 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2015-1027=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2015-1027=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2015-1027=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-73.3
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-73.3
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-73.3
  • grub2-2.02~beta2-73.3
  • grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-73.3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (noarch)
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-73.3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • grub2-2.02~beta2-73.3
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-73.3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le)
  • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02~beta2-73.3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (noarch)
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-73.3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-73.3
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-73.3
  • grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-73.3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • grub2-2.02~beta2-73.3
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-73.3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le)
  • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02~beta2-73.3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (noarch)
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-73.3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (s390x)
  • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-73.3
  • grub2-s390x-emu-2.02~beta2-73.3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (x86_64)
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-73.3
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-73.3
  • grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-73.3

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8370.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=774666
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917427
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=946148
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952539
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=954126
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=954519
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955493
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955609
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956631