Security update for shadow

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2834-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

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

Description:

This update for shadow fixes the following security issue:

  • Prevent useradd from creating intermediate directories with mode 0777 (bsc#1106914)

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1993=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • shadow-debugsource-4.5-7.3.1
    • shadow-debuginfo-4.5-7.3.1
    • shadow-4.5-7.3.1

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