Security update for ecryptfs-utils

SUSE Security Update: Security update for ecryptfs-utils

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Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2012:0682-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	#735342 #745372 #745581 #745584 #745825
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

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

Description:

ecryptfs-utils was updated to fix a security issue and some
bugs.

Security issue fixed: mount.ecryptfs_private did not set
correct group ownerships when it modifies mtab
(CVE-2011-3145).

Also some bugs that made this set of tools non-working were
fixed.

You need to manually hand setuid root permissions to
/sbin/mount.ecryptfs_private if you want to use it as a
non-root user.

Security Issues:

* CVE-2011-3145
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Contraindications:

None

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:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-ecryptfs-utils-6187
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-ecryptfs-utils-6187
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-ecryptfs-utils-6187
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
  zypper in -t patch sledsp1-ecryptfs-utils-6187
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
  zypper in -t patch sledsp1-ecryptfs-utils-6187

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

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• ecryptfs-utils-61-1.33.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• ecryptfs-utils-32bit-61-1.33.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):

• ecryptfs-utils-x86-61-1.33.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

• ecryptfs-utils-61-1.33.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64):

• ecryptfs-utils-32bit-61-1.33.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• ecryptfs-utils-61-1.33.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• ecryptfs-utils-32bit-61-1.33.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64):

• ecryptfs-utils-x86-61-1.33.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

• ecryptfs-utils-61-1.33.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

• ecryptfs-utils-32bit-61-1.33.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

• ecryptfs-utils-61-1.33.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64):

• ecryptfs-utils-32bit-61-1.33.1

References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3145.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/735342

https://bugzilla.novell.com/745372

https://bugzilla.novell.com/745581

https://bugzilla.novell.com/745584

https://bugzilla.novell.com/745825

http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=e78040dfb7b945bcde597140adc40742