Security update for augeas

SUSE Security Update: Security update for augeas
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1017-1
Rating: moderate
References: #853044 #871323 #876044 #885003
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.

    Description:


    Augeas has been updated to fix a symlink overwrite problem (CVE-2012-0786,
    CVE-2013-6412).

    Also a bug has been fixed where "augtool -s set was failing" (bnc#876044)

    Additionally parsing the multipath configuration has been fixed. bnc#871323

    Security Issues:

    * CVE-2012-0786

    * CVE-2013-6412

    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 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-augeas-9574
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-augeas-9574
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-augeas-9574
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-augeas-9574

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • augeas-devel-0.9.0-3.15.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • augeas-0.9.0-3.15.1
      • augeas-lenses-0.9.0-3.15.1
      • libaugeas0-0.9.0-3.15.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • augeas-0.9.0-3.15.1
      • augeas-lenses-0.9.0-3.15.1
      • libaugeas0-0.9.0-3.15.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • libaugeas0-0.9.0-3.15.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0786.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6412.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/853044
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/871323
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/876044
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/885003
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=106ec01bfdf9d6744262858fc5103f7b