Security update for nagios-plugins

SUSE Security Update: Security update for nagios-plugins
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1352-1
Rating: low
References: #885205 #885207
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

  • An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    This security update fixes the following issues:

    * Removed the requirement for root access from
    plugins-root/check_icmp.c and plugins-root/check_icmp.c. The
    necessary capabilities(7) were added to the README file.
    * Fixed array out of bounds issue in plugins-root/check_dhcp.c.

    Security Issues:

    * CVE-2014-4701

    * CVE-2014-4702

    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-nagios-plugins-9830
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-nagios-plugins-9830

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • nagios-plugins-1.4.16-0.13.1
      • nagios-plugins-extras-1.4.16-0.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • nagios-plugins-1.4.16-0.13.1
      • nagios-plugins-extras-1.4.16-0.13.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4701.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4702.html
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=885205
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=885207
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b4db34880091dfd9e3b8fe0ef06e0b30