Security update for rear27a

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0657-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-23301 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-23301 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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

Description:

This update for rear27a fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2024-23301: Fixed world-readable initrd with GRUB_RESCUE=Y (bsc#1218728).

Bug fixes:

  • Fix mkinitrd dependency issue by installing dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated (see bsc#1202352).

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-657=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-657=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP5-2024-657=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le x86_64 i586)
    • rear27a-2.7-150500.3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • rear27a-2.7-150500.3.3.1

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