SUSE-SU-2017:1898-1

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SUSE-SU-2017:1898-1

Summary: Security update for systemd, dracut

Details: This update for systemd and dracut fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2017-9445: Possible out-of-bounds write triggered by a specially crafted TCP payload from a DNS server. (bsc#1045290) Non-security issues fixed in systemd: - Automounter issue in combination with NFS volumes (bsc#1040968) - Missing symbolic link for SAS device in /dev/disk/by-path (bsc#1040153) - Add minimal support for boot.d/* scripts in systemd-sysv-convert (bsc#1046750) Non-security issues fixed in dracut: - Bail out if module directory does not exist. (bsc#1043900) - Suppress bogus error message. (bsc#1032029) - Fix module force loading with systemd. (bsc#986216) - Ship udev files required by systemd. (bsc#1040153) - Ignore module resolution errors (e.g. with kgraft). (bsc#1037120)

References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171898-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1032029, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1033238, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1037120, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1040153, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1040968, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1043900, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1045290, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1046750, https://bugzilla.suse.com/986216, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9445