openSUSE Security Update: puppet security update ______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2010:0306-1 Rating: low References: #585402 Cross-References: CVE-2010-0156 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.2 openSUSE 11.1 ______________________________________________________________________________

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

pupped created temporary files with fixed names. Local attacks could exploit that to install symlinks that overwrite files of the victim (CVE-2010-0156).

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 11.2:

zypper in -t patch puppet-2101

- openSUSE 11.1:

zypper in -t patch puppet-2101

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

Package List:

- openSUSE 11.2 (i586 src x86_64):

puppet-0.24.8-2.2.1

- openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64):

puppet-server-0.24.8-2.2.1

- openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc src x86_64):

puppet-0.24.5-1.32.1

- openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc x86_64):

puppet-server-0.24.5-1.32.1

References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0156.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/585402