Security update for SUSE Manager

SUSE Security Update: Security update for SUSE Manager
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0821-1
Rating: moderate
References: #753326 #760306 #760771 #761165 #763878 #763891 #764532 #764544 #765053
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1

  • An update that solves one vulnerability and has 8 fixes is now available. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update fixes the following issues:

    * new function signature for image deployment
    * ignore ip6addr if provided with hw_refresh from newer
    client versions
    * do not add a bootstrap repository on SLES 11-SP2
    * escape image names to prevent XSS (CVE-2012-0414)
    * spacewalk-dobby now requires oracle-update
    * fix owner and permissions of /etc/rhn for
    spacewalk-dobby
    * make values in suseProductChannel unique before
    adding an unique index
    * added desktop file for susemanager_setup YaST module
    * add missing schema migration for rhnErrataBuglistTmp.
    * add option to migrate channels to RES subscriptions
    (bnc#765053)
    * fix schema upgrade
    * improved performance for repomd generation
    * fix ISE during registration because of duplicate ids
    * fix wrong transaction name in unsubscribe_channels
    * fix saving of SUSE Product names

    How to apply this update:

    1. Log in as root user to the SUSE Manager server. 2. Stop
    the Spacewalk service: spacewalk-service stop If the
    SUSE Manager database is running on the same machine as the
    SUSE Manager server, this command also stops the SUSE
    Manager database instance. 3. Apply the patch using either
    zypper patch or YaST Online Update. 4. If the SUSE Manager
    database is running on the same machine as your SUSE
    Manager server, start the database instance with
    /etc/init.d/oracle-xe start or /etc/init.d/oracle start
    5. Upgrade the database schema with
    spacewalk-schema-upgrade 6. Start the Spacewalk
    service: spacewalk-service start

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2012-0414
    >

    Indications:

    Everbody should update.

    Patch Instructions:

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

    • SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sleman12sp1-spacewalk-backend-6445

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1 (x86_64):
    • spacewalk-backend-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-app-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-applet-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-config-files-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-config-files-common-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-iss-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-iss-export-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-libs-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-package-push-server-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-server-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-sql-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-tools-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • spacewalk-backend-xp-1.2.74-0.58.1
    • susemanager-1.2.0-0.58.1
    • susemanager-tools-1.2.0-0.58.1
    • SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1 (noarch) [New Version: 1.2.75]:
    • spacewalk-base-1.2.31-0.39.3
    • spacewalk-base-minimal-1.2.31-0.39.3
    • spacewalk-certs-tools-1.2.2-0.28.3
    • spacewalk-dobby-1.2.31-0.39.3
    • spacewalk-grail-1.2.31-0.39.3
    • spacewalk-html-1.2.31-0.39.3
    • spacewalk-java-1.2.115-0.60.1
    • spacewalk-java-config-1.2.115-0.60.1
    • spacewalk-java-lib-1.2.115-0.60.1
    • spacewalk-java-oracle-1.2.115-0.60.1
    • spacewalk-pxt-1.2.31-0.39.3
    • spacewalk-sniglets-1.2.31-0.39.3
    • spacewalk-taskomatic-1.2.115-0.60.1
    • susemanager-schema-1.2.75-0.5.1

    References:

  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0414.html
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/753326
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/760306
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/760771
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/761165
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/763878
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/763891
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/764532
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/764544
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/765053
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=3fbb4edf5375671fbc21e432ba8996c4