SUSE-SU-2019:1265-1

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SUSE-SU-2019:1265-1

Summary: Security update for systemd

Details: This update for systemd fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-6954: Fixed a vulnerability in the symlink handling of systemd-tmpfiles which allowed a local user to obtain ownership of arbitrary files (bsc#1080919). - CVE-2019-3842: Fixed a vulnerability in pam_systemd which allowed a local user to escalate privileges (bsc#1132348). - CVE-2019-6454: Fixed a denial of service caused by long dbus messages (bsc#1125352). Non-security issues fixed: - systemd-coredump: generate a stack trace of all core dumps (jsc#SLE-5933) - udevd: notify when max number value of children is reached only once per batch of events (bsc#1132400) - sd-bus: bump message queue size again (bsc#1132721) - core: only watch processes when it's really necessary (bsc#955942 bsc#1128657) - rules: load drivers only on 'add' events (bsc#1126056) - sysctl: Don't pass null directive argument to '%s' (bsc#1121563) - Do not automatically online memory on s390x (bsc#1127557)

References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20191265-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1080919, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1121563, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1125352, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1126056, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1127557, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1128657, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1130230, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1132348, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1132400, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1132721, https://bugzilla.suse.com/955942, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6954, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3842, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6454, https://bugzilla.suse.com/SLE-5933