Security update for dracut
SUSE Security Update: Security update for dracut
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2015:2065-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #935338 #935993 #947518 #952491 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes is now available.
Description:
The dracut package was updated to fix the following security and
non-security issues:
- CVE-2015-0794: Use mktemp instead of hardcoded filenames, possible
vulnerability (bsc#935338).
- Always install mdraid modules (bsc#935993).
- Add notice when dracut failed to install modules (bsc#952491).
- Always install dm-snaphost module if lvm dracut module is needed, even
if dm-snapshot is not loaded on the host yet (bsc#947518).
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 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-877=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-877=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
- dracut-037-51.17.3
- dracut-debuginfo-037-51.17.3
- dracut-debugsource-037-51.17.3
- dracut-fips-037-51.17.3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
- dracut-037-51.17.3
- dracut-debuginfo-037-51.17.3
- dracut-debugsource-037-51.17.3