SUSE Security Update: Security update for coreutils ______________________________________________________________________________
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 ______________________________________________________________________________
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