Security update for augeas

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1792-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2014-8119 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes an untrusted argument escaping problem (CVE-2014-8119):

  • new API - aug_escape_name() - which can be used to escape untrusted inputs before using them as part of path expressions
  • aug_match() is changed to return properly escaped output

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sledsp3-augeas-12153=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sledsp4-augeas-12153=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-augeas-12153=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-augeas-12153=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-augeas-12153=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sdksp3-augeas-12153=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-augeas-12153=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-augeas-12153=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-augeas-12153=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64 i586)
    • libaugeas0-0.9.0-3.17.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • libaugeas0-0.9.0-3.17.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware 11-SP3 (x86_64 i586)
    • augeas-0.9.0-3.17.2
    • augeas-lenses-0.9.0-3.17.2
    • libaugeas0-0.9.0-3.17.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • augeas-0.9.0-3.17.2
    • augeas-lenses-0.9.0-3.17.2
    • libaugeas0-0.9.0-3.17.2
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3 (x86_64)
    • augeas-0.9.0-3.17.2
    • augeas-lenses-0.9.0-3.17.2
    • libaugeas0-0.9.0-3.17.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • augeas-devel-0.9.0-3.17.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • augeas-devel-0.9.0-3.17.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • augeas-0.9.0-3.17.2
    • augeas-lenses-0.9.0-3.17.2
    • libaugeas0-0.9.0-3.17.2
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • augeas-0.9.0-3.17.2
    • augeas-lenses-0.9.0-3.17.2
    • libaugeas0-0.9.0-3.17.2

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