[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1213-1: critical: Security update for bash

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for bash

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1213-1

Rating: critical

References: #896776

Cross-References: CVE-2014-0475

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 Server 11 SP2 LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

bash has been updated to fix a critical security issue.

 

In some circumstances, the shell would evaluate shellcode in environment

variables passed at startup time. This allowed code execution by local or

remote attackers who could pass environment variables to bash scripts.

(CVE-2014-6271)

 

Security Issues:

 

* CVE-2014-6271

 

 

 

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-bash-9740

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp3-bash-9740

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp3-bash-9740

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp2-bash-9736

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

 

zypper in -t patch sledsp3-bash-9740

 

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):

 

readline-devel-5.2-147.20.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

readline-devel-32bit-5.2-147.20.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

 

libreadline5-5.2-147.20.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

 

bash-3.2-147.20.1

bash-doc-3.2-147.20.1

libreadline5-5.2-147.20.1

readline-doc-5.2-147.20.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):

 

libreadline5-32bit-5.2-147.20.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

bash-3.2-147.20.1

bash-doc-3.2-147.20.1

libreadline5-5.2-147.20.1

readline-doc-5.2-147.20.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

libreadline5-32bit-5.2-147.20.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):

 

bash-x86-3.2-147.20.1

libreadline5-x86-5.2-147.20.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

 

bash-3.2-147.14.20.1

bash-doc-3.2-147.14.20.1

libreadline5-5.2-147.14.20.1

readline-doc-5.2-147.14.20.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (s390x x86_64):

 

libreadline5-32bit-5.2-147.14.20.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

 

bash-3.1-24.32.1

readline-5.1-24.32.1

readline-devel-5.1-24.32.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (s390x x86_64):

 

readline-32bit-5.1-24.32.1

readline-devel-32bit-5.1-24.32.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

 

bash-3.2-147.20.1

bash-doc-3.2-147.20.1

libreadline5-5.2-147.20.1

readline-doc-5.2-147.20.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):

 

libreadline5-32bit-5.2-147.20.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0475.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/896776

http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=083b250348bb7e8f6f3e4afc8a22fb86

http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=5aa8890d421145a022bf2205e01b3c68

http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c0975ef449afcaa55a27dfd2df712a09

 

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