Security update for ppp
SUSE Security Update: Security update for ppp
This ppp update fixes a potential security issue that an unprivileged
attacker could access privileged options:
* integer overflow in option parsing (CVE-2014-3158, bnc#891489)
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-3158
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:1088-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #891489 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This ppp update fixes a potential security issue that an unprivileged
attacker could access privileged options:
* integer overflow in option parsing (CVE-2014-3158, bnc#891489)
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-3158
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-ppp-9648 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-ppp-9648 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-ppp-9648 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-ppp-9648
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):
- ppp-devel-2.4.5.git-2.29.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- ppp-2.4.5.git-2.29.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- ppp-2.4.5.git-2.29.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- ppp-2.4.5.git-2.29.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3158.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/891489
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=41cfc05536de649d32c42d05143bcdca