[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1155-2: important: Security update for dbus-1

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for dbus-1

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1155-2

Rating: important

References: #697105 #764047

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS

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An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

 

Description:

 

 

This update fixes a vulnerability in the DBUS

auto-launching feature that allowed local users to execute

arbitrary programs as root. CVE-2012-3524 has been

assigned to this issue.

 

 

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 LTSS:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp1-dbus-1-6750

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

 

dbus-1-1.2.10-3.25.2

dbus-1-x11-1.2.10-3.25.2

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (s390x x86_64):

 

dbus-1-32bit-1.2.10-3.25.2

 

 

References:

 

https://bugzilla.novell.com/697105

https://bugzilla.novell.com/764047

http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=31465364238b4fa9b84b97edb4ca39c4

 

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