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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2018.0994
SUSE Security Update: Security update for coreutils
4 April 2018
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: coreutils
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2017-2616
Reference: ESB-2017.2550
ESB-2017.2196
ESB-2017.0751
ESB-2017.0523.2
Original Bulletin:
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180866-1/
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for coreutils
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0866-1
Rating: important
References: #1023041
Cross-References: CVE-2017-2616
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This update for coreutils fixes one issue.
This security issue was fixed:
- CVE-2017-2616: In su with PAM support it was possible for local users to
send SIGKILL to selected other processes with root privileges
(bsc#1023041)
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security 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 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch slessp4-coreutils-13546=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-coreutils-13546=1
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
coreutils-8.12-6.25.33.3.1
coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.33.3.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ia64):
coreutils-x86-8.12-6.25.33.3.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
coreutils-debuginfo-8.12-6.25.33.3.1
coreutils-debugsource-8.12-6.25.33.3.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ia64):
coreutils-debuginfo-x86-8.12-6.25.33.3.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2616.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1023041
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