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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