Security update for libsoup

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libsoup
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0870-1
Rating: moderate
References: #758431
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:


    libsoup without ca path added, accepted all SSL certificats
    as trusted. This has been fixed. CVE-2012-2132 has been
    assigned to this issue.

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2012-2132
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    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 Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-libsoup-6520
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libsoup-6520
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libsoup-6520
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libsoup-6520

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libsoup-devel-2.32.2-4.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libsoup-devel-32bit-2.32.2-4.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • libsoup-2_4-1-2.32.2-4.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
    • libsoup-2_4-1-32bit-2.32.2-4.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libsoup-2_4-1-2.32.2-4.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libsoup-2_4-1-32bit-2.32.2-4.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • libsoup-2_4-1-x86-2.32.2-4.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • libsoup-2_4-1-2.32.2-4.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • libsoup-2_4-1-32bit-2.32.2-4.11.1

    References:

  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2132.html
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/758431
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=625e36b09557835cd71a8041f2d28e18