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openSUSE: 2014:0953-2 Important: ppc64-diag Fix for Tmp Race Issues

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Calendar Grey July 31, 2014
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The update for ppc64-diag resolves temporary race conditions and prevents potential information exposure vulnerabilities affecting openSUSE 12.3.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Description

ppc64-diag was updated to fix tmp race issues (CVE-2014-4038) and a file

disclosure problem in snapshot tarball generation (CVE-2014-4039).

Patch

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-2014-

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

Package List

- openSUSE 12.3 (ppc ppc64):

ppc64-diag-2.6.0-2.4.1

ppc64-diag-debuginfo-2.6.0-2.4.1

ppc64-diag-debugsource-2.6.0-2.4.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4038.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4039.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:0953-2
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 12.3 .

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