SUSE-SU-2021:14693-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2021-04-14 17:08 - Updated: 2026-09-20 13:54
Summary
Security update for util-linux
Severity
Important
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for util-linux
Description of the patch: This update for util-linux fixes the following issues: - CVE-2015-5218: Prevent colcrt buffer overflow. (bsc#949754) These non-security issues were fixed: - Mount crashes when trying to mount `shmfs` while `SELinux` is active. (bsc#1040414) - Fix `lsblk -f` on `CCISS` and other devices with nodes in `/dev` subdirectory. (bsc#924994) - Fix `script(1)` hang caused by mis-interpreted EOF on big-endian platforms. (bsc#930236) - Do not segfault when TERM is not defined or wrong. (bsc#903440) - Update and fix mount XFS documentation. (bsc#925705) - Fix recognition of `/dev/dm-N` partitions names. (bsc#931607) - Follow SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 device mapper partition names configuration. (bsc#931607) - Fix recognition of device mapper partitions. (bsc#923904) - Fix `fsck -C {fd}` parsing. (bsc#923777, bsc#903738)
Patchnames: sleposp3-util-linux-14693
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2015-5218
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3:libblkid1-0:2.19.1-6.62.7.1.i586 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3:libuuid1-0:2.19.1-6.62.7.1.i586 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3:util-linux-0:2.19.1-6.62.7.1.i586 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3:util-linux-lang-0:2.19.1-6.62.7.1.i586 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3:uuid-runtime-0:2.19.1-6.62.7.1.i586 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact low
References
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