openSUSE Security Update: Security update for shadow ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:2979-1 Rating: moderate References: #1023895 #1052261 #980486 Cross-References: CVE-2017-12424 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 42.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available. Description: This update for shadow fixes several issues. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-12424: The newusers tool could have been forced to manipulate internal data structures in ways unintended by the authors. Malformed input may have lead to crashes (with a buffer overflow or other memory corruption) or other unspecified behaviors (bsc#1052261). These non-security issues were fixed: - bsc#1023895: Fixed man page to not contain invalid options and also prevent warnings when using these options in certain settings - bsc#980486: Reset user in /var/log/tallylog because of the usage of pam_tally2 This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 42.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1265=1 - openSUSE Leap 42.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1265=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64): shadow-4.2.1-10.1 shadow-debuginfo-4.2.1-10.1 shadow-debugsource-4.2.1-10.1 - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64): shadow-4.2.1-6.6.1 shadow-debuginfo-4.2.1-6.6.1 shadow-debugsource-4.2.1-6.6.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12424.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1023895 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052261 https://bugzilla.suse.com/980486