SUSE Security Update: Security update for yast2-users
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1138-1
Rating: important
References: #971804 #973639 #974220
Cross-References: CVE-2016-1601
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes
is now available.

Description:

yast2-users was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed:
– CVE-2016-1601: Empty passwords fields in /etc/shadow after SLES 12 SP1
autoyast installation (bsc#974220).

This update includes a script that fixes installations that we’re affected
by this problem. It is run automatically upon installing the update.

This non-security issue was fixed:
– bsc#971804: Set root password correctly when using a minimal profile

Patch Instructions:

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

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-669=1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-669=1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-669=1

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

Package List:

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

yast2-users-debuginfo-3.1.41.3-9.1
yast2-users-debugsource-3.1.41.3-9.1
yast2-users-devel-doc-3.1.41.3-9.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

yast2-users-3.1.41.3-9.1
yast2-users-debuginfo-3.1.41.3-9.1
yast2-users-debugsource-3.1.41.3-9.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):

yast2-users-3.1.41.3-9.1
yast2-users-debuginfo-3.1.41.3-9.1
yast2-users-debugsource-3.1.41.3-9.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1601.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/971804
https://bugzilla.suse.com/973639
https://bugzilla.suse.com/974220

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