suse-su-2021:14693-1
Vulnerability from csaf_suse
Published
2021-04-14 17:08
Modified
2021-04-14 17:08
Summary
Security update for util-linux

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).


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