Description:

SUSE has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in the following products:

• Linux Kernel (Live Patch 36 for SLE 12 SP3)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4
• Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 16 for SLE 15 SP2)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15-SP2
• umoci
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3
• glibc
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
• libsndfile
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3
• MozillaFirefox
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 6
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0
• dbus-1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

Threats:

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

• Privilege escalation
• Execute arbitrary code
• Buffer overflow

Best practice and Recommendations:

The CERT team encourages users to review SUSE security advisory and apply the necessary updates:

• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20212538-1/
• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20212487-1/
• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20211863-2/
• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20212480-1/
• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-202114769-1/
• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20212478-1/
• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20212470-1/