SUSE-RU-2023:3538-1: Recommended update for dracut

Published Sep 5, 2023
·
Updated

This update for dracut fixes the following issues: Protect against broken links pointing to themselves Exit if resolving executable dependencies fails (bsc#1214081)

Affected Software

52 affected componentsFixes available
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
Any of the following
suse/dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated<055
055
suse/dracut-fips<055
055
suse/dracut-debugsource<055
055
suse/dracut-ima<055
055
suse/dracut-extra<055
055
suse/dracut-tools<055
055
suse/dracut<055
055
suse/dracut-debuginfo<055
055
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (aarch64 x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated<055
055
suse/dracut-fips<055
055
suse/dracut-debugsource<055
055
suse/dracut<055
055
suse/dracut-debuginfo<055
055
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated<055
055
suse/dracut-fips<055
055
suse/dracut-debugsource<055
055
suse/dracut<055
055
suse/dracut-debuginfo<055
055
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated<055
055
suse/dracut-fips<055
055
suse/dracut-debugsource<055
055
suse/dracut<055
055
suse/dracut-debuginfo<055
055
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated<055
055
suse/dracut-fips<055
055
suse/dracut-debugsource<055
055
suse/dracut<055
055
suse/dracut-debuginfo<055
055
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated<055
055
suse/dracut-fips<055
055
suse/dracut-debugsource<055
055
suse/dracut<055
055
suse/dracut-debuginfo<055
055
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated<055
055
suse/dracut-fips<055
055
suse/dracut-debugsource<055
055
suse/dracut<055
055
suse/dracut-debuginfo<055
055
All of the following
SUSE Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated<055
055
suse/dracut-fips<055
055
suse/dracut-debugsource<055
055
suse/dracut-ima<055
055
suse/dracut<055
055
suse/dracut-debuginfo<055
055

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 055
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/dracut-fips to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 055
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/dracut-debugsource to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 055
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/dracut-ima to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 055
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/dracut-extra to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 055
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/dracut-tools to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 055
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/dracut to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 055
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/dracut-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 055
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-2023-3538=1
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3538=1
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-3538=1
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-3538=1
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-3538=1
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2023-3538=1
  15. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.4-2023-3538=1

Event History

Sep 5, 2023
Advisory Published
04:30 PM

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