[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:2392-1: important: Security update for grub2

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openSUSE Security Update: Security update for grub2

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:2392-1

Rating: important

References: #956631

Cross-References: CVE-2015-8370

Affected Products:

openSUSE Evergreen 11.4

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

This update for grub2 fixes the following issue:

 

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

functions (bsc#956631)

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE Evergreen 11.4:

 

zypper in -t patch 2015-970=1

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

 

grub2-1.98-14.1

grub2-debuginfo-1.98-14.1

grub2-debugsource-1.98-14.1

 

 

References:

 

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/956631

 

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