Security update for quota

SUSE Security Update: Security update for quota
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1071-1
Rating: moderate
References: #772570
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • 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 fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:


    The quota package was updated to fix an issue with
    tcp_wrappers, where hosts.allow/deny files would have not
    been correctly honored. (CVE-2012-3417)

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2012-3417
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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 Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-quota-6711 slessp2-quota-6724
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-quota-6711 slessp2-quota-6724
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-quota-6737
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-quota-6737
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-quota-6711 sledsp2-quota-6724
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-quota-6737

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • quota-3.16-50.39.1
    • quota-nfs-3.16-50.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • quota-3.16-50.39.1
    • quota-nfs-3.16-50.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • quota-3.16-50.36.36.2
    • quota-nfs-3.16-50.36.36.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • quota-3.16-50.36.36.2
    • quota-nfs-3.16-50.36.36.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • quota-3.16-50.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
    • quota-3.16-50.36.36.2

    References:

  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3417.html
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/772570
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=5b1b1ff021c6fa5bf81afe1f443cbf23
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=8f52db0f27a0a6581536a44c063b3337
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a202f0abb7804584faa3e6a6fc00871e