A singularity security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2.

security-announce: openSUSE-SU-2020:1770-1: important: Security update for singularity

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for singularity
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1770-1
Rating: important
References: #1177901
Cross-References: CVE-2020-15229
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for singularity fixes the following issues:

Update to new version 3.6.4:

- CVE-2020-15229: Due to insecure handling of path traversal and the lack
of path sanitization within unsquashfs, it is possible to
overwrite/create files on the host filesystem during the extraction of a
crafted squashfs filesystem (boo#1177901).

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 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-1770=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

singularity-3.6.4-lp152.2.9.1
singularity-debuginfo-3.6.4-lp152.2.9.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15229.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177901