Security update for systemd (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for systemd Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:0098-1 Rating: important References: 1005023 1045723 1076696 1080919 1093753 1101591 1111498 1114933 1117063 1119971 1120323 Cross-References: CVE-2018-16864 CVE-2018-16865 CVE-2018-16866 CVE-2018-6954 Affecte...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : systemd (SUSE-SU-2019:0137-1)

This update for systemd provides the following fixes : Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-16864, CVE-2018-16865: Fixed two memory corruptions through attacker-controlled allocas bsc1120323 CVE-2018-16866: Fixed an information leak in journald bsc1120323 CVE-2018-6954: Fix mishandling of symlinks...

systemd security update

219-62.0.4 - do not create utmp update symlinks for reboot and poweroff Orabug: 27854896 - OL7 udev rule for virtio net standby interface Orabug: 28826743 - fix netdev is missing for iscsi entry in /etc/fstab Orabug: 25897792 [email protected] - set 'RemoveIPC=no' in logind.conf as default fo...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : systemd (SUSE-SU-2018:3644-1)

This update for systemd fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-15688: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the dhcp6 client of systemd allowed a malicious dhcp6 server to overwrite heap memory in systemd-networkd. bsc1113632 CVE-2018-15686: A vulnerability in unitdeserialize ...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : systemd (SUSE-SU-2018:3767-2)

This update for systemd fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-15688: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the dhcp6 client of systemd allowed a malicious dhcp6 server to overwrite heap memory in systemd-networkd. bsc1113632 CVE-2018-15686: A vulnerability in unitdeserialize ...

openSUSE Security Update : systemd (openSUSE-2018-1423)

This update for systemd fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2018-15688: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the dhcp6 client of systemd allowed a malicious dhcp6 server to overwrite heap memory in systemd-networkd. bsc1113632 - CVE-2018-15686: A vulnerability in...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : systemd (SUSE-SU-2018:3767-1)

This update for systemd fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-15688: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the dhcp6 client of systemd allowed a malicious dhcp6 server to overwrite heap memory in systemd-networkd. bsc1113632 CVE-2018-15686: A vulnerability in unitdeserialize ...

openSUSE Security Update : systemd (openSUSE-2018-1382)

This update for systemd fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2018-15688: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the dhcp6 client of systemd allowed a malicious dhcp6 server to overwrite heap memory in systemd-networkd. bsc1113632 - CVE-2018-15686: A vulnerability in...

openSUSE Security Update : qemu (openSUSE-2018-996)

This update for qemu fixes the following issues : This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2018-12617: qmpguestfileread had an integer overflow that could have been exploited by sending a crafted QMP command including guest-file-read with a large count value to the agent via the listening socket...

Security update for qemu (moderate)

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-12617: qmpguestfileread had an integer overflow that could have been exploited by sending a crafted QMP command including guest-file-read with a large count value to the agent via the listening socket causi...

openSUSE Security Update : systemd (openSUSE-2018-216)

This update for systemd fixes the following issues : Security issue fixed : - CVE-2017-18078: tmpfiles: refuse to chown/chmod files which are hardlinked, unless protectedhardlinks sysctl is on. This could be used by local attackers to gain privileges bsc1077925 Non Security issues fixed : - core:...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : systemd (SUSE-SU-2018:0546-1)

This update for systemd fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed : - CVE-2017-18078: tmpfiles: refuse to chown/chmod files which are hardlinked, unless protectedhardlinks sysctl is on. This could be used by local attackers to gain privileges bsc1077925 Non Security issues fixed : - core:...

openSUSE Security Update : systemd (openSUSE-2018-117)

This update for systemd fixes several issues. This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2018-1049: Prevent race that can lead to DoS when using automounts bsc1076308. These non-security issues were fixed : - core: don't choke if a unit another unit triggers vanishes during reload - delta: don't ignor...

[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: dracut-046-8.git20180105.fc27

dracut contains tools to create a bootable initramfs for 2.6 Linux kernels. Unlike existing implementations, dracut does hard-code as little as possible into the initramfs. dracut contains various modules which are driven by the event-based udev. Having root on MD, DM, LVM2, LUKS is supported as...

[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: dracut-046-8.git20180105.fc26

dracut contains tools to create a bootable initramfs for 2.6 Linux kernels. Unlike existing implementations, dracut does hard-code as little as possible into the initramfs. dracut contains various modules which are driven by the event-based udev. Having root on MD, DM, LVM2, LUKS is supported as...

CVE-2017-15265

A use-after-free vulnerability was found when issuing an ioctl to a sound device. This could allow a user to exploit a race condition and create memory corruption or possibly privilege escalation. Mitigation It is possible to prevent the affected code from being loaded by blacklisting the kernel...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : systemd, dracut (SUSE-SU-2017:1898-1)

This update for systemd and dracut fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed : - CVE-2017-9445: Possible out-of-bounds write triggered by a specially crafted TCP payload from a DNS server. bsc1045290 Non-security issues fixed in systemd : - Automounter issue in combination with NFS volume...

How to sacrifice security using a public YubiKey Linux guides

This month I moved to YubiKey as a authentication token for my personal daily usage. One of the convents applications of this device it’s a login screen authentication. I found some popular guides how to use YubiKey with a Linux lock screen tools and these guides surprised me. Please find these...

openSUSE Security Update : backintime (openSUSE-2017-525)

This update for backintime to version 1.1.20 fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-7572: The checkPolkitPrivilege function in serviceHelper.py in backintime used a deprecated polkit authorization method unix-process that is subject to a race condition time of check,...

Linux kernel local elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2017-05961)

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Linux Kernel version 4.8.0 udev 232. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges...