SUSE-SU-2016:2353-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:2353-1

    Published: 23 Sept 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-5746
    Aliases:
    CVE-2016-5746

    Summary: Security update for yast2-storage

    Details: This update for yast2-storage provides the following fixes: Security issues fixed: - Use standard IPC, and not temporary files, to pass passwords between processes. (bsc#986971, CVE-2016-5746) Non security bugs fixed: - Fix usage of complete multipath disk as LVM physical volume. (bsc#984245) - Load the correct multipath module (dm-multipath). (bsc#937942) - Improve message for creating volumes with a filesystem but without a mount point. (bsc#996208)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162353-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/937942, https://bugzilla.suse.com/984245, https://bugzilla.suse.com/986971, https://bugzilla.suse.com/996208, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5746

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: yast2-storage

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/yast2-storage&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.17.161-5.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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