SUSE Security Update: Security update for cobbler ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0552-1 Rating: important References: #757062 Cross-References: CVE-2011-4953 Affected Products: SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP1 SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update of cobbler fixes a privilege escalation flaw: * CVE-2011-4953: privilege escalation via unsafe call to yaml.load instead of yaml.safe_load Security Issue reference: * CVE-2011-4953 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4953

Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch slesctsp1-cobbler-6153 - SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sleman12sp1-cobbler-6153 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP1 (x86_64): koan-2.0.10-0.34.1 - SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1 (x86_64): cobbler-2.0.10-0.34.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4953.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/757062 http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=af48b142adfc83f42d21f36df6... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org