Recommended update for permissions

Announcement ID:	SUSE-RU-2020:0603-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1123886 bsc#1160594 bsc#1160764 bsc#1161779 bsc#1163922
Cross-References:	CVE-2020-8013
CVSS scores:	CVE-2020-8013 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N CVE-2020-8013 ( NVD ): 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 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 and has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for permissions fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2020-8013: Fixed an improper check which could have allowed the setting of unintented setuid bits (bsc#1163922).
• Fixed handling of relative directory symlinks in chkstat.
• Whitelisted postgres sticky directories (bsc#1123886).
• Fixed regression where chkstat broke when /proc was not available (bsc#1160764, bsc#1160594)
• Fixed capability handling when doing multiple permission changes at once (bsc#1161779)

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 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2020-603=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-603=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-603=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-603=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-603=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-603=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-603=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 (x86_64)
  • permissions-debugsource-20170707-3.21.1
  • permissions-debuginfo-20170707-3.21.1
  • permissions-20170707-3.21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • permissions-debugsource-20170707-3.21.1
  • permissions-debuginfo-20170707-3.21.1
  • permissions-20170707-3.21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • permissions-debugsource-20170707-3.21.1
  • permissions-debuginfo-20170707-3.21.1
  • permissions-20170707-3.21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • permissions-debugsource-20170707-3.21.1
  • permissions-debuginfo-20170707-3.21.1
  • permissions-20170707-3.21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • permissions-debugsource-20170707-3.21.1
  • permissions-debuginfo-20170707-3.21.1
  • permissions-20170707-3.21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • permissions-debugsource-20170707-3.21.1
  • permissions-debuginfo-20170707-3.21.1
  • permissions-20170707-3.21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • permissions-debugsource-20170707-3.21.1
  • permissions-debuginfo-20170707-3.21.1
  • permissions-20170707-3.21.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8013.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1123886
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160594
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160764
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161779
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163922