The mkdumprd script called "dracut" in the current working directory "." allows local users to trick the administrator into executing code as root.

This update for kdump provides several fixes and enhancements :

  - Refresh kdumprd if /etc/hosts or /etc/nsswitch.conf is     changed. (bsc#943214)

  - Add a separate systemd service to rebuild kdumprd at     boot. (bsc#943214)

  - Improve network setup in the kdump environment by     reading configuration from wicked by default (system     configuration files are used as a fallback).
    (bsc#980328)

  - Use the last mount entry in kdump_get_mountpoints().
    (bsc#951844)

  - Remove 'notsc' from the kdump kernel command line.
    (bsc#973213)

  - Handle dump files with many program headers.
    (bsc#932339, bsc#970708)

  - Fall back to stat() if file type is DT_UNKNOWN.
    (bsc#964206)

  - Remove vm. sysctls from kdump initrd. (bsc#927451,     bsc#987862)

  - Use the exit code of kexec, not that of 'local'.
    (bsc#984799)

  - Convert sysroot to a bind mount in kdump initrd.
    (bsc#976864)

  - Distinguish between Xenlinux (aka Xenified or SUSE) and     pvops Xen kernels, as the latter can run on bare metal.
    (bsc#974270)

  - CVE-2016-5759: Use full path to dracut as argument to     bash. (bsc#989972, bsc#990200)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for kdump provides several fixes and enhancements :

  - Refresh kdumprd if /etc/hosts or /etc/nsswitch.conf is     changed. (bsc#943214)

  - Add a separate systemd service to rebuild kdumprd at     boot. (bsc#943214)

  - Improve network setup in the kdump environment by     reading configuration from wicked by default (system     configuration files are used as a fallback).
    (bsc#980328)

  - Use the last mount entry in kdump_get_mountpoints().
    (bsc#951844)

  - Remove 'notsc' from the kdump kernel command line.
    (bsc#973213)

  - Handle dump files with many program headers.
    (bsc#932339, bsc#970708)

  - Fall back to stat() if file type is DT_UNKNOWN.
    (bsc#964206)

  - Remove vm. sysctls from kdump initrd. (bsc#927451,     bsc#987862)

  - Use the exit code of kexec, not that of 'local'.
    (bsc#984799)

  - Convert sysroot to a bind mount in kdump initrd.
    (bsc#976864)

  - Distinguish between Xenlinux (aka Xenified or SUSE) and     pvops Xen kernels, as the latter can run on bare metal.
    (bsc#974270)

  - CVE-2016-5759: Use full path to dracut as argument to     bash. (bsc#989972, bsc#990200)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
94271	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kdump (SUSE-SU-2016:2553-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
94240	openSUSE Security Update : kdump (openSUSE-2016-1215)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high

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