Description:

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

• SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
  • tigervnc
• SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
  • tigervnc
• SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
  • tigervnc
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3
  • tigervnc
  • Linux Kernel (Live Patch 33 for SLE 12 SP1)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2
  • tigervnc
  • Linux Kernel (Live Patch 33 for SLE 12 SP1)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
  • Linux Kernel (Live Patch 33 for SLE 12 SP1)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS
  • tigervnc
  • Linux Kernel (Live Patch 33 for SLE 12 SP1)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL
  • tigervnc
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS
  • tigervnc
  • Linux Kernel (Live Patch 33 for SLE 12 SP1)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL
  • tigervnc
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS
  • Linux Kernel (Live Patch 33 for SLE 12 SP1)
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
  • tigervnc
• HPE Helion Openstack 8
  • tigervnc
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP5
  • Linux Kernel (Live Patch 0 for SLE 12 SP5)
  • Linux Kernel (Live Patch 33 for SLE 12 SP1)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15-SP1
  • Linux Kernel (Live Patch 33 for SLE 12 SP1)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15
  • Linux Kernel (Live Patch 33 for SLE 12 SP1)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4
  • Linux Kernel (Live Patch 33 for SLE 12 SP1)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15
  • java-11-openjdk
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
  • java-11-openjdk
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1
  • java-11-openjdk
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15
  • java-11-openjdk
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1
  • java-11-openjdk
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
  • java-11-openjdk
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
  • java-11-openjdk
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
  • java-11-openjdk

Threats:

Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

• Execute arbitrary code – remotely
• Escalation of privilege
• Buffer overflow
• Denial of service attack (DoS)

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/2020/suse-su-20200159-1/

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20200183-1/

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20200204-1/

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20200213-1/