SUSE-SU-2017:0553-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:0553-1

    Published: 23 Feb 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for util-linux

    Details: This update for util-linux fixes a number of bugs and two security issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-5011: Infinite loop DoS in libblkid while parsing DOS partition (bsc#988361) - CVE-2017-2616: In su with PAM support it was possible for local users to send SIGKILL to selected other processes with root privileges (bsc#1023041). The following non-security bugs were fixed: - bsc#1008965: Ensure that the option 'users,exec,dev,suid' work as expected on NFS mounts - bsc#1012504: Fix regressions in safe loop re-use patch set for libmount - bsc#1012632: Disable ro checks for mtab - bsc#1020077: fstrim: De-duplicate btrfs sub-volumes for 'fstrim -a' and bind mounts - bsc#947494: mount -a would fail to recognize btrfs already mounted, address loop re-use in libmount - bsc#966891: Conflict in meaning of losetup -L. This switch in SLE12 SP1 and SP2 continues to carry the meaning of --logical-blocksize instead of upstream --nooverlap - bsc#978993: cfdisk would mangle some text output - bsc#982331: libmount: ignore redundant slashes - bsc#983164: mount uid= and gid= would reject valid non UID/GID values - bsc#987176: When mounting a subfolder of a CIFS share, mount -a would show the mount as busy - bsc#1019332: lscpu: Implement WSL detection and work around crash

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20170553-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1008965, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012504, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012632, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1019332, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1020077, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1023041, https://bugzilla.suse.com/947494, https://bugzilla.suse.com/966891, https://bugzilla.suse.com/978993, https://bugzilla.suse.com/982331, https://bugzilla.suse.com/983164, https://bugzilla.suse.com/987176, https://bugzilla.suse.com/988361, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5011, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2616

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-libmount

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/python-libmount&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.25-24.10.3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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