Security update for yast2-storage

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2353-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-5746 ( NVD ): 5.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

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

Description:

This update for yast2-storage provides the following fixes:

Security issues fixed: - Use standard IPC, and not temporary files, to pass passwords between processes. (bsc#986971, CVE-2016-5746)

Non security bugs fixed: - Fix usage of complete multipath disk as LVM physical volume. (bsc#984245) - Load the correct multipath module (dm-multipath). (bsc#937942) - Improve message for creating volumes with a filesystem but without a mount point. (bsc#996208)

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 Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-yast2-storage-12756=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-yast2-storage-12756=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-yast2-storage-12756=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • yast2-storage-devel-2.17.161-5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • yast2-storage-2.17.161-5.1
    • yast2-storage-lib-2.17.161-5.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • yast2-storage-2.17.161-5.1
    • yast2-storage-lib-2.17.161-5.1

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