openSUSE Security Update: PackageKit: only allow patches for regular updates ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2013:0889-1 Rating: moderate References: #804983 Cross-References: CVE-2013-1764 Affected Products: openSUSE 12.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: The PackageKit zypp backend was fixed to only allow patches to be updated. Otherwise a regular user could install new packages or even downgrade older packages to ones with security problems. (CVE-2013-1764) Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-399 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 12.3 (i586 x86_64): PackageKit-0.8.7-4.8.2 PackageKit-backend-zypp-0.8.7-4.8.2 PackageKit-backend-zypp-debuginfo-0.8.7-4.8.2 PackageKit-browser-plugin-0.8.7-4.8.2 PackageKit-browser-plugin-debuginfo-0.8.7-4.8.2 PackageKit-debuginfo-0.8.7-4.8.2 PackageKit-debugsource-0.8.7-4.8.2 PackageKit-devel-0.8.7-4.8.2 PackageKit-devel-debuginfo-0.8.7-4.8.2 PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-0.8.7-4.8.2 PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-debuginfo-0.8.7-4.8.2 PackageKit-gtk3-module-0.8.7-4.8.2 PackageKit-gtk3-module-debuginfo-0.8.7-4.8.2 libpackagekit-glib2-16-0.8.7-4.8.2 libpackagekit-glib2-16-debuginfo-0.8.7-4.8.2 libpackagekit-glib2-devel-0.8.7-4.8.2 typelib-1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-0.8.7-4.8.2 typelib-1_0-PackageKitPlugin-1_0-0.8.7-4.8.2 - openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64): libpackagekit-glib2-16-32bit-0.8.7-4.8.2 libpackagekit-glib2-16-debuginfo-32bit-0.8.7-4.8.2 libpackagekit-glib2-devel-32bit-0.8.7-4.8.2 - openSUSE 12.3 (noarch): PackageKit-branding-upstream-0.8.7-4.8.2 PackageKit-lang-0.8.7-4.8.2 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1764.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/804983