SUSE-SU-2022:0727-2: moderate: Security update for libeconf, shadow and util-linux

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for libeconf, shadow and util-linux
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2022:0727-2
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1188507 #1192954 #1193632 #1194976 SLE-23384 
                    SLE-23402 
Cross-References:   CVE-2021-3995 CVE-2021-3996
CVSS scores:
                    CVE-2021-3995 (SUSE): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
                    CVE-2021-3996 (SUSE): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
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   An update that solves two vulnerabilities, contains two
   features and has two fixes is now available.

Description:

   This security update for libeconf, shadow and util-linux fix the following
   issues:

   libeconf:

   - Add libeconf to SLE-Module-Basesystem_15-SP3 because needed by
     'util-linux' and 'shadow' to fix autoyast handling of security related
     parameters (bsc#1192954, jsc#SLE-23384, jsc#SLE-23402)

   Issues fixed in libeconf:
   - Reading numbers with different bases (e.g. oktal) (bsc#1193632) (#157)
   - Fixed different issues while writing string values to file.
   - Writing comments to file too.
   - Fixed crash while merging values.
   - Added econftool cat option (#146)
   - new API call: econf_readDirsHistory (showing ALL locations)
   - new API call: econf_getPath (absolute path of the configuration file)
   - Man pages libeconf.3 and econftool.8.
   - Handling multiline strings.
   - Added libeconf_ext which returns more information like line_nr,
     comments, path of the configuration file,...
   - Econftool, an command line interface for handling configuration files.
   - Generating HTML API documentation with doxygen.
   - Improving error handling and semantic file check.
   - Joining entries with the same key to one single entry if env variable
     ECONF_JOIN_SAME_ENTRIES has been set.

   shadow:

   - The legacy code does not support /etc/login.defs.d used by YaST. Enable
     libeconf to read it (bsc#1192954, jsc#SLE-23384, jsc#SLE-23402)

   util-linux:

   - The legacy code does not support /etc/login.defs.d used by YaST. Enable
     libeconf to read it (bsc#1192954, jsc#SLE-23384, jsc#SLE-23402)
   - Allow use of larger values for start sector to prevent `blockdev
     --report` aborting (bsc#1188507)
   - Fixed `blockdev --report` using non-space characters as a field
     separator (bsc#1188507)
   - CVE-2021-3995: Fixed unauthorized unmount in util-linux's libmount.
     (bsc#1194976)
   - CVE-2021-3996: Fixed unauthorized unmount in util-linux's libmount.
     (bsc#1194976)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2022-727=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64):

      libblkid1-2.36.2-150300.4.14.3
      libblkid1-debuginfo-2.36.2-150300.4.14.3
      libeconf-debugsource-0.4.4+git20220104.962774f-150300.3.6.2
      libeconf0-0.4.4+git20220104.962774f-150300.3.6.2
      libeconf0-debuginfo-0.4.4+git20220104.962774f-150300.3.6.2
      libfdisk1-2.36.2-150300.4.14.3
      libfdisk1-debuginfo-2.36.2-150300.4.14.3
      libmount1-2.36.2-150300.4.14.3
      libmount1-debuginfo-2.36.2-150300.4.14.3
      libsmartcols1-2.36.2-150300.4.14.3
      libsmartcols1-debuginfo-2.36.2-150300.4.14.3
      libuuid1-2.36.2-150300.4.14.3
      libuuid1-debuginfo-2.36.2-150300.4.14.3
      shadow-4.8.1-150300.4.3.8
      shadow-debuginfo-4.8.1-150300.4.3.8
      shadow-debugsource-4.8.1-150300.4.3.8
      util-linux-2.36.2-150300.4.14.3
      util-linux-debuginfo-2.36.2-150300.4.14.3
      util-linux-debugsource-2.36.2-150300.4.14.3
      util-linux-systemd-2.36.2-150300.4.14.2
      util-linux-systemd-debuginfo-2.36.2-150300.4.14.2
      util-linux-systemd-debugsource-2.36.2-150300.4.14.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (noarch):

      login_defs-4.8.1-150300.4.3.8


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3995.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3996.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188507
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1192954
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193632
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194976



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