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openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2015:0308-1 (mdadm)

From:  opensuse-security@opensuse.org
To:  opensuse-updates@opensuse.org
Subject:  openSUSE-SU-2015:0308-1: Security update for mdadm
Date:  Wed, 18 Feb 2015 11:04:47 +0100 (CET)
Message-ID:  <20150218100448.060CB3236B@maintenance.suse.de>

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for mdadm ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:0308-1 Rating: low References: #910500 Cross-References: CVE-2014-5220 Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: mdadm was updated to fix one security issue. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2014-5220: mdcheck doesn't validate the input of mdadm --detail --export, possible command injection (bnc#910500). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 13.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-153=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64): mdadm-3.3.1-5.14.1 mdadm-debuginfo-3.3.1-5.14.1 mdadm-debugsource-3.3.1-5.14.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5220.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/910500


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openSUSE security update to mdadm

Posted Feb 18, 2015 21:03 UTC (Wed) by gvy (guest, #11981) [Link]

He who wrote the replaced code either hasn't heard of handling untrusted input or had a very bad day regarding trust... :(


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