A conmonsecurity update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap 15.4/Micro 5.3.

SUSE-SU-2022:4635-1: moderate: Security update for conmon

SUSE Security Update: Security update for conmon
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:4635-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1200285
Cross-References: CVE-2022-1708
CVSS scores:
CVE-2022-1708 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2022-1708 (SUSE): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP4SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
SUSE Manager Server 4.3
openSUSE Leap 15.4
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:

This update for conmon fixes the following issues:

conmon was updated to version 2.1.5:

* don't leak syslog_identifier
* logging: do not read more that the buf size
* logging: fix error handling
* Makefile: Fix install for FreeBSD
* signal: Track changes to get_signal_descriptor in the FreeBSD version * Packit: initial enablement

Update to version 2.1.4:

* Fix a bug where conmon crashed when it got a SIGCHLD

update to 2.1.3:

* Stop using g_unix_signal_add() to avoid threads
* Rename CLI optionlog-size-global-max to log-global-size-max
Update to version 2.1.2:

* add log-global-size-max option to limit the total output conmon processes (CVE-2022-1708 bsc#1200285)
* journald: print tag and name if both are specified
* drop some logs to debug level

Update to version 2.1.0

* logging: buffer partial messages to journald
* exit: close all fds >= 3
* fix: cgroup: Free memory_cgroup_file_path if open fails.
Update to version 2.0.32

* Fix: Avoid mainfd_std{in,out} sharing the same file descriptor. * exit_command: Fix: unset subreaper attribute before running exit command

Update to version 2.0.31
* logging: new mode -l passthrough
* ctr_logs: use container name or ID as SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER for journald * conmon: Fix: free userdata files before exec cleanup

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 Micro 5.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2022-4635=1
- openSUSE Leap 15.4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-4635=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15-SP4:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP4-2022-4635=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2022-4635=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (aarch64 x86_64):

conmon-2.1.5-150400.3.3.1
conmon-debuginfo-2.1.5-150400.3.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

conmon-2.1.5-150400.3.3.1
conmon-debuginfo-2.1.5-150400.3.3.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

conmon-2.1.5-150400.3.3.1
conmon-debuginfo-2.1.5-150400.3.3.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64):
conmon-2.1.5-150400.3.3.1
conmon-debuginfo-2.1.5-150400.3.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1708.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1200285