Security update for rsyslog

SUSE Security Update: Security update for rsyslog
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1294-1
Rating: important
References: #890228 #897262 #899756
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

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

    Description:


    rsyslog has been updated to fix a remote denial of service issue:

    * Under certain configurations, a local or remote attacker able to
    send syslog messages to the server could have crashed the log server
    due to an array overread. (CVE-2014-3634, CVE-2014-3683)

    Security Issues:

    * CVE-2014-3634

    * CVE-2014-3683

    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 Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-rsyslog-9840
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-rsyslog-9840

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • rsyslog-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-diag-tools-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-doc-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-module-gssapi-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-module-gtls-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-module-mysql-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-module-pgsql-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-module-relp-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-module-snmp-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-module-udpspoof-5.10.1-0.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • rsyslog-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-diag-tools-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-doc-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-module-gssapi-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-module-gtls-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-module-mysql-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-module-pgsql-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-module-relp-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-module-snmp-5.10.1-0.11.1
      • rsyslog-module-udpspoof-5.10.1-0.11.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3634.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3683.html
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=890228
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=897262
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=899756
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=bf1479391eaebb0445fd0ffa9182ee43