openSUSE 13.1: 2014:0333-1 Important: Disable Remote Version Check in Tools
opensuse
March 6, 2014
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
percona-toolkit and xtrabackup were updated:
- disable automatic version check for all tools
[bnc#864194] Prevents transmission of version information
to an external host in the default configuration.
CVE-2014-2029 Can be used by owner of a Percona Server
(or an attacker who can control this destination for the
client) to collect arbitrary MySQL configuration
parameters and execute commands (with -v). Now the
version check needs to be requested via command line or
global/tool specific/user configuration. (--version-check)
- added /etc/percona-toolkit/percona-toolkit.conf
configuration directory and template configuration file
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 13.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-184
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):
xtrabackup-2.1.7-13.2
xtrabackup-debuginfo-2.1.7-13.2
xtrabackup-debugsource-2.1.7-13.2
- openSUSE 13.1 (noarch):
percona-toolkit-2.2.7-2.10.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2029.html
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:0333-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE 13.1
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