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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.0574
SUSE-SU-2019:0480-1 Security update for supportutils
26 February 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: supportutils
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account
Overwrite Arbitrary Files -- Existing Account
Denial of Service -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-19640 CVE-2018-19639 CVE-2018-19638
CVE-2018-19637
Original Bulletin:
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20190480-1.html
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for supportutils
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0480-1
Rating: important
References: #1043311 #1046681 #1051797 #1071545 #1105849 #1112461
#1115245 #1117776 #1118460 #1118462 #1118463 #1125609
#1125666
Cross-References: CVE-2018-19637 CVE-2018-19638 CVE-2018-19639 CVE-2018-19640
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
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An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 9 fixes is now available.
Description:
This update for supportutils fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
o CVE-2018-19640: Fixed an issue where users could kill arbitrary processes
(bsc#1118463).
o CVE-2018-19638: Fixed an issue where users could overwrite arbitrary log
files (bsc#1118460).
o CVE-2018-19639: Fixed a code execution if run with -v (bsc#1118462).
o CVE-2018-19637: Fixed an issue where static temporary filename could allow
overwriting of files (bsc#1117776).
Other issues fixed:
o Fixed invalid exit code commands (bsc#1125666).
o Included additional SUSE separation (bsc#1125609).
o Merged added listing of locked packes by zypper.
o Exclude pam.txt per GDPR by default (bsc#1112461).
o Clarified -x functionality in supportconfig(8) (bsc#1115245).
o udev service and provide the whole journal content in supportconfig (bsc#
1051797).
o supportconfig collects tuned profile settings (bsc#1071545).
o sfdisk -d no disk device specified (bsc#1043311).
o Added vulnerabilites status check in basic-health.txt (bsc#1105849).
o Added only sched_domain from cpu0.
o Blacklist sched_domain from proc.txt (bsc#1046681).
o Added firewall-cmd info.
o Add ls -lA --time-style=long-iso /etc/products.d/
o Dump lsof errors.
o Added corosync status to ha_info.
o Dump find errors in ib_info.
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 Module for Basesystem 15:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-480=1
Package List:
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (noarch):
supportutils-3.1-5.7.1
References:
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19637.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19638.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19639.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19640.html
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1043311
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1046681
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1051797
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1071545
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1105849
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1112461
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1115245
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117776
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118460
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118462
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118463
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1125609
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1125666
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