SUSE-SU-2018:2071-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:2071-1

    Published: 26 Jul 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-7738
    Aliases:
    CVE-2018-7738

    Summary: Security update for util-linux

    Details: This update for util-linux fixes the following issues: This non-security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-7738: bash-completion/umount allowed local users to gain privileges by embedding shell commands in a mountpoint name, which was mishandled during a umount command by a different user (bsc#1084300). These non-security issues were fixed: - Fixed crash loop in lscpu (bsc#1072947). - Fixed possible segfault of umount -a - Fixed mount -a on NFS bind mounts (bsc#1080740). - Fixed lsblk on NVMe (bsc#1078662).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182071-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1072947, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1078662, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1080740, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1084300, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7738

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-libmount

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/python-libmount&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.29.2-3.8.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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