Security update for dbus-1

SUSE Security Update: Security update for dbus-1
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1155-1
Rating: important
References: #697105 #764047
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
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    An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update fixes a vulnerability in the DBUS
    auto-launching feature that allowed local users to execute
    arbitrary programs as root. CVE-2012-3524 has been
    assigned to this issue.

    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-dbus-1-6733
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-dbus-1-6733
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-dbus-1-6733
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-dbus-1-6733

    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):
    • dbus-1-devel-1.2.10-3.25.1
    • dbus-1-devel-doc-1.2.10-3.25.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • dbus-1-1.2.10-3.25.1
    • dbus-1-x11-1.2.10-3.25.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
    • dbus-1-32bit-1.2.10-3.25.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • dbus-1-1.2.10-3.25.1
    • dbus-1-x11-1.2.10-3.25.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • dbus-1-32bit-1.2.10-3.25.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • dbus-1-x86-1.2.10-3.25.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • dbus-1-1.2.10-3.25.1
    • dbus-1-x11-1.2.10-3.25.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • dbus-1-32bit-1.2.10-3.25.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/697105
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/764047
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=67554744e53055e253dbe3ef2cceb035