update for rsyslog

SUSE Security Update: update for rsyslog
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1438-1
Rating: moderate
References: #890228 #899756
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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    An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:

    This update for rsyslog provides the following fixes:

    - Fixed remote PRI DoS vulnerability patch (CVE-2014-3683, bnc#899756)
    - Removed broken, unsupported and dropped by upstream zpipe utility from
    rsyslog-diag-tools package (bnc#890228)

    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 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2014-70
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2014-70

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • rsyslog-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-debuginfo-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-debugsource-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-diag-tools-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-diag-tools-debuginfo-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-doc-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-module-gssapi-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-module-gssapi-debuginfo-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-module-gtls-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-module-gtls-debuginfo-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-module-mysql-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-module-mysql-debuginfo-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-module-pgsql-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-module-pgsql-debuginfo-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-module-relp-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-module-relp-debuginfo-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-module-snmp-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-module-snmp-debuginfo-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-module-udpspoof-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-module-udpspoof-debuginfo-8.4.0-5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • rsyslog-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-debuginfo-8.4.0-5.1
      • rsyslog-debugsource-8.4.0-5.1

    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=899756