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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2018.3471.2
Security vulnerability patched in accountsservice for SUSE
25 October 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: accountsservice
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Impact/Access: Unauthorised Access -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-14036
Original Bulletin:
https://suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20183625-1/
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20192778-1.html
Comment: This bulletin contains two (2) SUSE security advisories.
Revision History: October 25 2019: Added SUSE-SU-2019:2778-1
November 6 2018: Initial Release
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for accountsservice
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3625-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1090003 #1095918 #1099699
Cross-References: CVE-2018-14036
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes
is now available.
Description:
This update for accountsservice fixes the following issues:
This security issue was fixed:
- CVE-2018-14036: Prevent directory traversal caused by an insufficient
path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() (bsc#1099699)
Thsese non-security issues were fixed:
- Don't abort loading users when an /etc/shadow entry is missing.
(bsc#1090003)
- When user session type is wayland, act_user_is_logged_in can return TRUE
if the user is logged in. (bsc#1095918)
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 Module for Desktop Applications 15:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2018-2579=1
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
accountsservice-0.6.45-6.7.6
accountsservice-debuginfo-0.6.45-6.7.6
accountsservice-debugsource-0.6.45-6.7.6
accountsservice-devel-0.6.45-6.7.6
libaccountsservice0-0.6.45-6.7.6
libaccountsservice0-debuginfo-0.6.45-6.7.6
typelib-1_0-AccountsService-1_0-0.6.45-6.7.6
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 (noarch):
accountsservice-lang-0.6.45-6.7.6
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14036.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090003
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095918
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099699
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USE Security Update: Security update for accountsservice
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:2778-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1099699 #1139487
Cross-References: CVE-2018-14036
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.
Description:
This update for accountsservice fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
o CVE-2018-14036: Prevent directory traversal caused by an insufficient path
check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() (bsc#1099699).
Non-security issue fixed:
o Improved wtmp io performance (bsc#1139487).
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:
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2019-2778=1
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-2778=1
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2019-2778=1
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-2778=1
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP5:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP5-2019-2778=1
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-2778=1
Package List:
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le
s390x x86_64):
accountsservice-debuginfo-0.6.42-16.8.3
accountsservice-debugsource-0.6.42-16.8.3
accountsservice-devel-0.6.42-16.8.3
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le
s390x x86_64):
accountsservice-debuginfo-0.6.42-16.8.3
accountsservice-debugsource-0.6.42-16.8.3
accountsservice-devel-0.6.42-16.8.3
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
accountsservice-0.6.42-16.8.3
accountsservice-debuginfo-0.6.42-16.8.3
accountsservice-debugsource-0.6.42-16.8.3
libaccountsservice0-0.6.42-16.8.3
libaccountsservice0-debuginfo-0.6.42-16.8.3
typelib-1_0-AccountsService-1_0-0.6.42-16.8.3
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (noarch):
accountsservice-lang-0.6.42-16.8.3
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
accountsservice-0.6.42-16.8.3
accountsservice-debuginfo-0.6.42-16.8.3
accountsservice-debugsource-0.6.42-16.8.3
libaccountsservice0-0.6.42-16.8.3
libaccountsservice0-debuginfo-0.6.42-16.8.3
typelib-1_0-AccountsService-1_0-0.6.42-16.8.3
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (noarch):
accountsservice-lang-0.6.42-16.8.3
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP5 (noarch):
accountsservice-lang-0.6.42-16.8.3
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP5 (x86_64):
accountsservice-0.6.42-16.8.3
accountsservice-debuginfo-0.6.42-16.8.3
accountsservice-debugsource-0.6.42-16.8.3
libaccountsservice0-0.6.42-16.8.3
libaccountsservice0-debuginfo-0.6.42-16.8.3
typelib-1_0-AccountsService-1_0-0.6.42-16.8.3
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 (noarch):
accountsservice-lang-0.6.42-16.8.3
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 (x86_64):
accountsservice-0.6.42-16.8.3
accountsservice-debuginfo-0.6.42-16.8.3
accountsservice-debugsource-0.6.42-16.8.3
libaccountsservice0-0.6.42-16.8.3
libaccountsservice0-debuginfo-0.6.42-16.8.3
typelib-1_0-AccountsService-1_0-0.6.42-16.8.3
References:
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14036.html
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099699
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1139487
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