Security update for ed

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1608-1
Rating: low
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-5357 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ed fixes the following security issue:

  • CVE-2017-5357: An invalid free in the regular expression handling of the "ed" command processing could allow local users to crash ed. (bsc#1019807)

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 High Performance Computing 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1608=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1608=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1608=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1608=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1608=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1608=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • ed-debugsource-1.9-4.4.5
    • ed-debuginfo-1.9-4.4.5
    • ed-1.9-4.4.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ed-debugsource-1.9-4.4.5
    • ed-debuginfo-1.9-4.4.5
    • ed-1.9-4.4.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • ed-debugsource-1.9-4.4.5
    • ed-debuginfo-1.9-4.4.5
    • ed-1.9-4.4.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • ed-debugsource-1.9-4.4.5
    • ed-debuginfo-1.9-4.4.5
    • ed-1.9-4.4.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ed-debugsource-1.9-4.4.5
    • ed-debuginfo-1.9-4.4.5
    • ed-1.9-4.4.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • ed-debugsource-1.9-4.4.5
    • ed-debuginfo-1.9-4.4.5
    • ed-1.9-4.4.5

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