openSUSE Security Update: Security update for grub2
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:2392-1
Rating: important
References: #956631
Cross-References: CVE-2015-8370
Affected Products:
openSUSE Evergreen 11.4
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for grub2 fixes the following issue:

– CVE-2015-8370: Fix for overflow in grub_password_get and grub_user_get
functions (bsc#956631)

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

– openSUSE Evergreen 11.4:

zypper in -t patch 2015-970=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use “zypper patch”.

Package List:

– openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

grub2-1.98-14.1
grub2-debuginfo-1.98-14.1
grub2-debugsource-1.98-14.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8370.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/956631

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