Recommended update for sblim-sfcb

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for sblim-sfcb
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1279-1
Rating: moderate
References: #744995 #767533 #770234 #770430 #782327
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes is now available.

    Description:


    This collective update for Small Footprint CIM Broker
    (sblim-sfcb) resolves the following issues:

    * Don't log debug/trace messages by default (bnc#767533)
    * Prevent crash on early shutdown (while provider
    initialization is still in progress) (bnc#770430)
    * Don't try to kill the SLP thread if it hasn't been
    fully set up yet (bnc#770430)
    * Fix insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH usage in init script
    (bnc#770234, CVE-2012-3381)
    * Don't replace configuration files when updating
    (bnc#744995)
    * Keep argvDebug commented out (defaulting to false) in
    sfcb.cfg (bnc#782327).

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2012-3381
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    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-sblim-sfcb-6888
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-sblim-sfcb-6888
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-sblim-sfcb-6888

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • sblim-sfcb-1.3.11-0.19.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • sblim-sfcb-1.3.11-0.19.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • sblim-sfcb-1.3.11-0.19.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3381.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/744995
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/767533
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/770234
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/770430
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/782327
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d87398134aa1ab215e01c15fb0a0b2cd