openSUSE Security Update: Security update for hostinfo, supportutils
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1351-1
Rating: important
References: #1054979 #1099498 #1115245 #1117751 #1117776
#1118460 #1118462 #1118463 #1125623 #1125666

Cross-References: CVE-2018-19636 CVE-2018-19637 CVE-2018-19638
CVE-2018-19639 CVE-2018-19640
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
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An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes is
now available.

Description:

This update for hostinfo, supportutils fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed for supportutils:

– CVE-2018-19640: Fixed an issue where users could kill arbitrary
processes (bsc#1118463).
– CVE-2018-19638: Fixed an issue where users could overwrite arbitrary log
files (bsc#1118460).
– CVE-2018-19639: Fixed a code execution if run with -v (bsc#1118462).
– CVE-2018-19637: Fixed an issue where static temporary filename could
allow overwriting of files (bsc#1117776).
– CVE-2018-19636: Fixed a local root exploit via inclusion of attacker
controlled shell script (bsc#1117751).

Other issues fixed for supportutils:

– Fixed invalid exit code commands (bsc#1125666)
– SUSE separation in supportconfig (bsc#1125623)
– Clarified supportconfig(8) -x option (bsc#1115245)
– supportconfig: 3.0.127
– btrfs filesystem usage
– List products.d
– Dump lsof errors
– Added ha commands for corosync
– Dumped find errors in ib_info

Issues fixed in hostinfo:
– Removed extra kernel install dates (bsc#1099498)
– Resolved network bond issue (bsc#1054979)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12: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-2019-1351=1

Package List:

– openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

hostinfo-1.0.1-21.3.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19636.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19637.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19638.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19639.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19640.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1054979
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099498
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1115245
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117751
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117776
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118460
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118462
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118463
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1125623
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1125666

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