[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0325-1: important: Security update for puppet

[news 28]

SUSE Security Update: Security update for puppet

______________________________________________________________________________

 

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0325-1

Rating: important

References: #747657

Cross-References: CVE-2012-1053 CVE-2012-1054

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 FOR SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 FOR SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

______________________________________________________________________________

 

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

It includes one version update.

 

Description:

 

 

This update of puppet fixes two vulnerabilities that could

potentially be exploited by local attackers to escalate

privileges due to improper privilege dropping and file

handling issues (symlink flaws) in puppet (CVE-2012-1053,

CVE-2012-1054).

 

Security Issue references:

 

* CVE-2012-1053

 

* CVE-2012-1054

 

 

 

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 SP1 for VMware:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp1-puppet-5876

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 FOR SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp1fsp2-puppet-5876

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp1-puppet-5876

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 FOR SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch sledsp1fsp2-puppet-5876

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

 

zypper in -t patch sledsp1-puppet-5876

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.12]:

 

puppet-2.6.12-0.12.1

puppet-server-2.6.12-0.12.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 FOR SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.12]:

 

puppet-2.6.12-0.12.1

puppet-server-2.6.12-0.12.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.12]:

 

puppet-2.6.12-0.12.1

puppet-server-2.6.12-0.12.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 FOR SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.12]:

 

puppet-2.6.12-0.12.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.12]:

 

puppet-2.6.12-0.12.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1053.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1054.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/747657

http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=810c76edc7112af5e466c9d5b28e5aa1

 

--

To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe ( -at -) opensuse.org

For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help ( -at -) opensuse.org