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SUSE-SU-2016:2189-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-08-30 07:48 - Updated: 2026-09-20 12:16

Summary

Security update for libstorage

Severity

Moderate

Notes

Title of the patch: Security update for libstorage

Description of the patch: This update for libstorage fixes the following issues: - Use stdin, not tmp files for passwords (bsc#986971, CVE-2016-5746)

Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1292,SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1292,SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1292

CVE-2016-5746

5.1 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Recommended 17 products

Product	Version	Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1:libstorage-ruby-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1:libstorage6-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1:libstorage-ruby-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.ppc64le	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1:libstorage-ruby-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.s390x	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1:libstorage-ruby-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1:libstorage6-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.ppc64le	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1:libstorage6-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.s390x	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1:libstorage6-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1:libstorage-devel-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.ppc64le	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1:libstorage-devel-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.s390x	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1:libstorage-devel-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1:libstorage-devel-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.ppc64le	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1:libstorage-devel-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.s390x	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1:libstorage-devel-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1:libstorage-devel-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.ppc64le	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1:libstorage-devel-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.s390x	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1:libstorage-devel-0:2.25.35.1-3.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix

Threats

Impact moderate

References

9 references

URL	Category
https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/	external
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/s…	self
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/…	self
https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-upd…	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/986971	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5746/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5746	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/984245	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/986971	external

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CVE-2016-5746 (GCVE-0-2016-5746)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-26 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:07

Summary

libstorage, libstorage-ng, and yast-storage improperly store passphrases for encrypted storage devices in a temporary file on disk, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file, as demonstrated by /tmp/libstorage-XXXXXX/pwdf.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

microfocus CNA

CNA scorecard – unranked: 0 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details

References

10 references

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https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/224	x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93169	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/223	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/163	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-09-08 00:00

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