Security update for grub2
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2015:2399-1 |
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| Rating: | important |
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has four security fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This update for grub2 provides the following fixes and enhancements:
Security issue fixed: - Fix buffer overflows when reading username and password. (bsc#956631, CVE-2015-8370)
Non security issues fixed: - Expand list of grub.cfg search path in PV Xen guests for systems installed on btrfs snapshots. (bsc#946148, bsc#952539) - Add --image switch to force zipl update to specific kernel. (bsc#928131) - Do not use shim lock protocol for reading PE header as it won't be available when secure boot is disabled. (bsc#943380) - Make firmware flaw condition be more precisely detected and add debug message for the case.
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:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-1032=1 -
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-1032=1 -
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-1032=1
Package List:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
- grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
- grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
- grub2-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
- grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
- grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (noarch)
- grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
- grub2-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
- grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le)
- grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (noarch)
- grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (s390x)
- grub2-s390x-emu-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
- grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
- grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
- grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
- grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
- grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
- grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
- grub2-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
- grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
- grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-56.9.4
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (noarch)
- grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-56.9.4