Description:

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

• Linux Kernel (Live Patch 40 for SLE 12 SP3)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS
• util-linux
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL
  • HPE Helion Openstack 8
• strongswan
  • 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
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL
  • HPE Helion Openstack 8
  • 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

Threats:

Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

• Local privilege escalation
• Arbitrary code execution

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-20213459-1/
• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20213463-1/
• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-202114827-1/
• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20213467-1/
• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20213468-1/
• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20213469-1/