openSUSE Security Update: Security update for shadow
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2127-1
Rating: important
References: #1099310
Cross-References: CVE-2016-6252
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for shadow fixes the following issues:

– CVE-2016-6252: Incorrect integer handling could results in local
privilege escalation (bsc#1099310)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE 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:

– openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-770=1

Package List:

– openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

shadow-4.2.1-16.1
shadow-debuginfo-4.2.1-16.1
shadow-debugsource-4.2.1-16.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6252.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099310

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