openSUSE Security Update: dhcpcd security update ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0342-1 Rating: important References: #564441 #565030 #574938 #577402 #601704 #654649 #657402 #668194 #675052 Cross-References: CVE-2011-0996 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has 8 fixes is now available. Description: This update fixes the following security issue: A rogue DHCP server could instruct clients to use a host name that contains shell meta characters. Since many scripts in the system do not expect unusal characters in the system's host name the DHCP client needs to sanitize the host name offered by the server (CVE-2011-0996). This update also fixes the following non-security issues: - 564441: e1000 and dhcpd hickup - 565030: dhcpcd not using router component of dhcp server option 33 (Static Route) - 574938: Sysem Update Fails to deploy to Primary serve. - 577402: dhcpcp with Patch bnc#565030 has netlink error with /32 netmask - 601704: dhcpcd: ignores link carrier and does not retransmit - 654649: dhcpcd ignores -G (--nogateway) option and sets default route - 657402: dhcpcd sends RENEWAL as ethernet broadcast instead of unicast - 668194: dhcp client not working properly in Xen domU due to partial checksum offload 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 dhcpcd-4346 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64): dhcpcd-3.2.3-47.64.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0996.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/564441 https://bugzilla.novell.com/565030 https://bugzilla.novell.com/574938 https://bugzilla.novell.com/577402 https://bugzilla.novell.com/601704 https://bugzilla.novell.com/654649 https://bugzilla.novell.com/657402 https://bugzilla.novell.com/668194 https://bugzilla.novell.com/675052