openSUSE Security Update: ncpfs: Fixed mtab truncation issues due to RLIMIT_FSIZE ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0985-1 Rating: moderate References: #686554 Cross-References: CVE-2011-1089 CVE-2011-1679 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
Following issues are fixed by this update: The ncpfs mount and umount programs were affected by the /etc/mtab truncation problems on RLIMIT_FSIZE. (CVE-2011-1679)
Also on errors, the mtab lock was not removed, blocking other applications from modifying /etc/mtab. (CVE-2011-1680)
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 11.4:
zypper in -t patch ncpfs-5051
- openSUSE 11.3:
zypper in -t patch ncpfs-5051
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):
ncpfs-2.2.6-169.170.1 ncpfs-devel-2.2.6-169.170.1
- openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64):
ncpfs-32bit-2.2.6-169.170.1
- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64):
ncpfs-2.2.6-166.3.1 ncpfs-devel-2.2.6-166.3.1
- openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64):
ncpfs-32bit-2.2.6-166.3.1
References:
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1089.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1679.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/686554