Security update for apport

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1938-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for apport fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed: - CVE-2015-1338: Insecurely created crash dumps could lead to a DoS or privilege escalation through malicious symlinks. (bsc#947731)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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-apport-13220=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-apport-13220=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • apport-0.114-12.8.3.1
    • apport-gtk-0.114-12.8.3.1
    • apport-crashdb-sle-0.114-0.8.3.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • apport-0.114-12.8.3.1
    • apport-gtk-0.114-12.8.3.1
    • apport-crashdb-sle-0.114-0.8.3.1

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