An apt-cacher-ng security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.1 to address two vulnerabilities.

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for apt-cacher-ng
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0124-1
Rating: important
References: #1157703 #1157706
Cross-References: CVE-2019-18899 CVE-2020-5202
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for apt-cacher-ng fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2019-18899: Fixed a symlink attack which could allow to overwrite
arbitrary data (boo#1157703).
- CVE-2020-5202: Fixed an information leak if a local user won a race
condition to listen to localhost:3142 (boo#1157706).

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-2020-124=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

apt-cacher-ng-3.1-lp151.3.3.1
apt-cacher-ng-debuginfo-3.1-lp151.3.3.1
apt-cacher-ng-debugsource-3.1-lp151.3.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18899.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5202.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1157703
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1157706