Security update for dhcp

SUSE Security Update: Security update for dhcp
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0696-1
Rating: moderate
References: #783002 #811934
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 solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    The ISC DHCP server had a denial of service issue in
    handling specific DDNS requests which could cause a out of
    memory usage situation. (CVE-2013-2266)

    This update also adds a dhcp6-server service template for
    SuSEfirewall2 (bnc#783002)

    Security Issues:

    * CVE-2013-2266
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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-dhcp-7571
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-dhcp-7571
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-dhcp-7571
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-dhcp-7571

    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) [New Version: 4.2.4.P2]:
    • dhcp-devel-4.2.4.P2-0.11.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 4.2.4.P2]:
    • dhcp-4.2.4.P2-0.11.13.1
    • dhcp-client-4.2.4.P2-0.11.13.1
    • dhcp-relay-4.2.4.P2-0.11.13.1
    • dhcp-server-4.2.4.P2-0.11.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 4.2.4.P2]:
    • dhcp-4.2.4.P2-0.11.13.1
    • dhcp-client-4.2.4.P2-0.11.13.1
    • dhcp-relay-4.2.4.P2-0.11.13.1
    • dhcp-server-4.2.4.P2-0.11.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 4.2.4.P2]:
    • dhcp-4.2.4.P2-0.11.13.1
    • dhcp-client-4.2.4.P2-0.11.13.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2266.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/783002
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/811934
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=2cf22668be5ed5e6cda7436a867d8b3f