A gnuhealth security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.1.

security-announce: openSUSE-SU-2020:0490-1: moderate: Security update for gnuhealth

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for gnuhealth
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0490-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1167126 #1167128
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
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An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gnuhealth fixes the following issues:

- Fixed a local privilege escalation in gnuhealth-control, use of static
tmp file/http transport (bsc#1167126)
- Fixed a local DoS of backup functionality in gnuhealth-control due to
use of static tmp files (bsc#1167128)

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-490=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

gnuhealth-3.4.1-lp151.2.11.1

References:

  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1167126
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1167128