QID 174865

QID 174865: SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for libzypp, zypper (SUSE-SU-2021:0956-1)

This update for libzypp, zypper fixes the following issues:

Update zypper to version 1.14.43:

- doc: give more details about creating versioned package locks
(bsc#1181622)
- man: Document synonymously used patch categories (bsc#1179847)
- Fix source-download commands help (bsc#1180663)
- man: Recommend to use the --non-interactive global option rather than
the command option -y (bsc#1179816)
- Extend apt packagemap (fixes #366)
- --quiet: Fix install summary to write nothing if there's nothing todo
(bsc#1180077)
- Prefer /run over /var/run.

Update libzypp to 17.25.8:

- Try to provide a mounted /proc in --root installs (bsc#1181328) Some
systemd tools require /proc to be mounted and fail if it's not there.
- Enable release packages to request a releaxed suse/opensuse vendorcheck
in dup when migrating. (bsc#1182629)
- Patch: Identify well-known category names (bsc#1179847) This allows to
use the RH and SUSE patch categrory names synonymously: (recommended =
bugfix) and (optional = feature = enhancement).
- Add missing includes for GCC 11 compatibility.
- Fix %posttrans script execution (fixes #265) The scripts are execuable.
No need to call them through 'sh -c'.
- Commit: Fix rpmdb compat symlink in case rpm got removed.
- Repo: Allow multiple baseurls specified on one line (fixes #285)
- Regex: Fix memory leak and undefined behavior.
- Add rpm buildrequires for test suite (fixes #279)
- Use rpmdb2solv new -D switch to tell the location ob the rpmdatabase to
use.
- CVE-2017-9271: Fixed information leak in the log file (bsc#1050625
bsc#1177583)
- RepoManager: Force refresh if repo url has changed (bsc#1174016)
- RepoManager: Carefully tidy up the caches. Remove non-directory entries.
(bsc#1178966)
- RepoInfo: ignore legacy type= in a .repo file and let RepoManager probe
(bsc#1177427).
- RpmDb: If no database exists use the _dbpath configured in rpm. Still
makes sure a compat symlink at /var/lib/rpm exists in case the
configures _dbpath is elsewhere. (bsc#1178910)
- Fixed update of gpg keys with elongated expire date (bsc#1179222)
- needreboot: remove udev from the list (bsc#1179083)
- Fix lsof monitoring (bsc#1179909)
- Rephrase solver problem descriptions (jsc#SLE-8482)
- Adapt to changed gpg2/libgpgme behavior (bsc#1180721)
- Multicurl backend breaks with with unknown filesize (fixes #277)

Successful exploitation allows attacker to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 3.3 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.1 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest package which contains the patch. To install this SUSE Security, Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product. To install packages using the command line interface, use command "yum update". Refer to Suse security advisory: SUSE-SU-2021:0956-1 to address this issue and obtain further details.

    CVEs related to QID 174865

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    SUSE-SU-2021:0956-1 SUSE Enterprise Linux URL Logo lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-March/008560.html

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