Security update for arpwatch

SUSE Security Update: Security update for arpwatch
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0987-1
Rating: moderate
References: #764521
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:


    arpwatch was improperly dropping its privileges. This has
    been fixed.

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2012-2653
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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 sdksp1-arpwatch-6570
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-arpwatch-6570
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-arpwatch-6570
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-arpwatch-6570
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-arpwatch-6570

    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):
    • arpwatch-ethercodes-build-2.1a15-131.23.2.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • arpwatch-ethercodes-build-2.1a15-131.23.2.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • arpwatch-2.1a15-131.23.2.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • arpwatch-2.1a15-131.23.2.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • arpwatch-2.1a15-131.23.2.1

    References:

  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2653.html
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/764521
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a181e98d3d045bfca8ffda670ddb0d79