Security update for cobbler
SUSE Security Update: Security update for cobbler
This update of cobbler fixes a privilege escalation flaw:
* CVE-2011-4953: privilege escalation via unsafe call
to yaml.load instead of yaml.safe_load
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2011-4953
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| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2012:0552-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #757062 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This update of cobbler fixes a privilege escalation flaw:
* CVE-2011-4953: privilege escalation via unsafe call
to yaml.load instead of yaml.safe_load
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2011-4953
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch slesctsp1-cobbler-6153 - SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sleman12sp1-cobbler-6153
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP1 (x86_64):
- koan-2.0.10-0.34.1
- SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1 (x86_64):
- cobbler-2.0.10-0.34.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4953.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/757062
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=af48b142adfc83f42d21f36df6ac17a9