Security update for spacewalk-java

SUSE Security Update: Security update for spacewalk-java
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1661-1
Rating: critical
References: #848639
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update fixes an admin user dialog problem in
    spacewalk. The "add new admin user" functionality didn't
    get disabled after it was used. So after install/adding
    the first admin user anyone could have added additional
    admin users.

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2013-4480
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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 Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sleman17sp2-spacewalk-java-8506

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (noarch) [New Version: 1.7.54.28]:
    • spacewalk-java-1.7.54.28-0.9.1
    • spacewalk-java-config-1.7.54.28-0.9.1
    • spacewalk-java-lib-1.7.54.28-0.9.1
    • spacewalk-java-oracle-1.7.54.28-0.9.1
    • spacewalk-java-postgresql-1.7.54.28-0.9.1
    • spacewalk-taskomatic-1.7.54.28-0.9.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4480.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/848639
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=aa559fbaae468d78dbd943db5b17eeea