Security update for grub2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2386-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware 11-SP3

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

Description:

This update for grub2 provides the following fixes:

A security issues with a bufferoverflow when reading username and password was fixed (bsc#956631, CVE-2015-8370)

Bugs fixed: - Expand list of grub.cfg search path in PV Xen guests for systems installed on btrfs snapshots. (bsc#946148, bsc#952539) - Add grub.xen config searching path on boot partition. (bsc#884828) - Add linux16 and initrd16 to grub.xen. (bsc#884830)

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 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sledsp3-grub2-12287=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-grub2-12287=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-grub2-12287=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-grub2-12287=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.00-0.49.2
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.00-0.49.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware 11-SP3 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.00-0.49.2
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.00-0.49.2
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.00-0.49.2
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.00-0.49.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.00-0.49.2
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.00-0.49.2

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