SUSE Security Update: Security update for grub2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2385-1 Rating: important References: #884828 #884830 #946148 #952539 #954592 #956631 Cross-References: CVE-2015-8370 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has 5 fixes is now available. Description: This update for grub2 provides the following fixes: A security issues with a bufferoverflow when reading username and password was fixed (bsc#956631, CVE-2015-8370) Also following bugs were fixed: - Fix buffer overflows when reading username and password. (bsc#956631, CVE-2015-8370) - Expand list of grub.cfg search path in PV Xen guests for systems installed on btrfs snapshots. (bsc#946148, bsc#952539) - Add grub.xen config searching path on boot partition. (bsc#884828) - Add linux16 and initrd16 to grub.xen. (bsc#884830) 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 Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-grub2-12288=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch sledsp4-grub2-12288=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-grub2-12288=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (x86_64): grub2-x86_64-efi-2.00-0.54.2 grub2-x86_64-xen-2.00-0.54.2 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (x86_64): grub2-x86_64-efi-2.00-0.54.2 grub2-x86_64-xen-2.00-0.54.2 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (x86_64): grub2-debuginfo-2.00-0.54.2 grub2-debugsource-2.00-0.54.2 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8370.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/884828 https://bugzilla.suse.com/884830 https://bugzilla.suse.com/946148 https://bugzilla.suse.com/952539 https://bugzilla.suse.com/954592 https://bugzilla.suse.com/956631 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org