[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:2375-1: important: Security update for grub2

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openSUSE Security Update: Security update for grub2

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:2375-1

Rating: important

References: #956631

Cross-References: CVE-2015-8370

Affected Products:

openSUSE 13.2

openSUSE 13.1

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

This update for grub2 fixes the following issue:

 

Changes in grub2:

- CVE-2015-8370: Fix for overflow in grub_password_get and grub_user_get

functions (bnc#956631)

 

 

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-2015-957=1

 

- openSUSE 13.1:

 

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-957=1

 

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

 

grub2-2.02~beta2-20.13.1

grub2-branding-upstream-2.02~beta2-20.13.1

grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-20.13.1

grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-20.13.1

grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-20.13.1

 

- openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64):

 

grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-20.13.1

grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-20.13.1

 

- openSUSE 13.2 (noarch):

 

grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-20.13.1

 

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586):

 

grub2-i386-efi-2.02~beta2-20.13.1

 

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):

 

grub2-2.00-39.11.1

grub2-debuginfo-2.00-39.11.1

grub2-debugsource-2.00-39.11.1

grub2-i386-pc-2.00-39.11.1

grub2-i386-pc-debuginfo-2.00-39.11.1

 

- openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64):

 

grub2-x86_64-efi-2.00-39.11.1

grub2-x86_64-efi-debuginfo-2.00-39.11.1

 

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586):

 

grub2-i386-efi-2.00-39.11.1

grub2-i386-efi-debuginfo-2.00-39.11.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8370.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/956631

 

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