openSUSE Security Update: logwatch: security update ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0242-1 Rating: important References: #674984 Cross-References: CVE-2011-1018 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.3 openSUSE 11.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: The update of logwatch improves the input validation. Before it was possible by an attacker to use special characters in a log-file to execute arbitrary commands. (CVSS v2 Base Score: 8.5 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)) Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch logwatch-4029 - openSUSE 11.2: zypper in -t patch logwatch-4029 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.3 (noarch): logwatch-7.3.6-73.5.1 - openSUSE 11.2 (noarch): logwatch-7.3.6-67.67.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1018.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/674984