Security update for permissions

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1163-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-3688 ( SUSE ): 5.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2019-3688 ( NVD ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-3690 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2019-3690 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • 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 High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for permissions fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2020-8013: Fixed a local privilege escalation with mrsh and wodim (bsc#1163922).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Fixed regression where chkstat breaks without /proc available (bsc#1160764, bsc#1160594)
  • Fixed capability handling when doing multiple permission changes at once (bsc#1161779)
  • Fixed handling of relative directory symlinks in chkstat

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 Server ESPOS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-1163=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-1163=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-1163=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-1163=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • permissions-debugsource-20180125-3.21.1
    • permissions-debuginfo-20180125-3.21.1
    • permissions-20180125-3.21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • permissions-debugsource-20180125-3.21.1
    • permissions-debuginfo-20180125-3.21.1
    • permissions-20180125-3.21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • permissions-debugsource-20180125-3.21.1
    • permissions-debuginfo-20180125-3.21.1
    • permissions-20180125-3.21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • permissions-debugsource-20180125-3.21.1
    • permissions-debuginfo-20180125-3.21.1
    • permissions-20180125-3.21.1

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