SUSE-SU-2016:2627-1 Security update for POS_Image3, POS_Server3
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Check this codebase for SUSE-SU-2016:2627-1 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: SUSE-SU-2016:2627-1 is a command injection vulnerability in POS_Image3, published on 25 Oct 2016.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of SUSE-SU-2016:2627-1 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: POS_Image3. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/SUSE-SU-2016-2627-1/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/SUSE-SU-2016-2627-1/index.md)
Attackers could execute arbitrary commands via unsafe Perl shell calls and file uploads in POS server software.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Not stated
- Victim action needed
- Not stated
- Fix
- Available
What is SUSE-SU-2016:2627-1?
SUSE-SU-2016:2627-1 is a command injection vulnerability in POS_Image3, published on 25 Oct 2016.
Official description
This update provides POS_Image3 and POS_Server3 version 3.5.5, which bring many fixes and enhancements:
- Fixed potential security issues (bsc#946740)
- use three argument perl open function consistently
- use array in perl system call everywhere
- use preferably perl built-in functions instead of external shell commands
- improved validation of uploaded files from terminals to BS
- improved runcmd code used for calling external commands
- Auto-registration should not start before dhcpd is ready (bsc#1003383)
- Fixed handling of HTTP redirects in registerImages (bsc#1003376)
- Fixed handling x86_64 images (bsc#1003374)
- Do not limit number of entries for BS LDAP (bsc#985979)
- Increase max wait time to 10mins (bsc#989247)
- Infer service IP when only one BS NIC is specified in LDAP (bsc#927232)
- Fixed regression in directly referenced image in scWorkstation object (bsc#979925)
- Fixed handling deltas of compressed images in registerImages (bsc#887607)
- Fixed posleases to handle stop event correctly (bsc#883017)
- Fixed save_poslogs utility to dump LDAP content on BS (bsc#890002)
- Do not configure authoritative DNS outside netmask (bsc#889665)
- Add ipHostNumber field to services in posAdmin-GUI (bsc#944292)
- Fixed multival modification in posAdmin (bsc#840279)
Which versions are affected by SUSE-SU-2016:2627-1?
Linux distribution packages (2)
POS_Image3 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | All versions | 3.5.5-18.1 |
POS_Server3 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | All versions | 3.5.5-18.1 |
How do I fix SUSE-SU-2016:2627-1?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is SUSE-SU-2016:2627-1 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of SUSE-SU-2016:2627-1 in the wild and no public exploit code.