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SUSE-SU-2016:2553-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-10-17 13:09 - Updated: 2026-09-20 12:18

Summary

Security update for kdump

Severity

Moderate

Notes

Title of the patch: Security update for kdump

Description of the patch: This update for kdump provides several fixes and enhancements: - Refresh kdumprd if /etc/hosts or /etc/nsswitch.conf is changed. (bsc#943214) - Add a separate systemd service to rebuild kdumprd at boot. (bsc#943214) - Improve network setup in the kdump environment by reading configuration from wicked by default (system configuration files are used as a fallback). (bsc#980328) - Use the last mount entry in kdump_get_mountpoints(). (bsc#951844) - Remove 'notsc' from the kdump kernel command line. (bsc#973213) - Handle dump files with many program headers. (bsc#932339, bsc#970708) - Fall back to stat() if file type is DT_UNKNOWN. (bsc#964206) - Remove vm. sysctls from kdump initrd. (bsc#927451, bsc#987862) - Use the exit code of kexec, not that of 'local'. (bsc#984799) - Convert sysroot to a bind mount in kdump initrd. (bsc#976864) - Distinguish between Xenlinux (aka Xenified or SUSE) and pvops Xen kernels, as the latter can run on bare metal. (bsc#974270) - CVE-2016-5759: Use full path to dracut as argument to bash. (bsc#989972, bsc#990200)

Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1492,SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1492

CVE-2016-5759

7.8 (High)


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

Affected products

Recommended 10 products

Product	Version	Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.ppc64le	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.s390x	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.ppc64le	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.s390x	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.ppc64le	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.s390x	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix

Threats

Impact moderate

References

21 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/927451	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/932339	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/943214	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/951844	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/964206	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/970708	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/973213	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/974270	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/976864	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/980328	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/984799	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/987862	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/989972	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/990200	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5759/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5759	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/990200	external

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CVE-2016-5759 (GCVE-0-2016-5759)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-08 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:15

Summary

The mkdumprd script called "dracut" in the current working directory "." allows local users to trick the administrator into executing code as root.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

microfocus CNA

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

References

2 references

URL	Tags
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-1…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Date Public

2016-10-17 00:00

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