Security update for cifs-utils
SUSE Security Update: Security update for cifs-utils
The following issue has been fixed:
* Don't allow unprivileged users to mount onto dirs to
which they can't chdir (CVE-2012-1586).
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2012-1586
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| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2012:0571-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #747906 #754443 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.
Description:
The following issue has been fixed:
* Don't allow unprivileged users to mount onto dirs to
which they can't chdir (CVE-2012-1586).
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2012-1586
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security 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-cifs-utils-6196 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-cifs-utils-6196 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-cifs-utils-6196
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- cifs-utils-5.1-0.7.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- cifs-utils-5.1-0.7.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- cifs-utils-5.1-0.7.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1586.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/747906
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/754443
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d1a2486c645bab97da85841e46e9a71e