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openSUSE Leap 42.3: 2017:1948-1 Important Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey July 25, 2017
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A significant security notice for openSUSE concerning a severe code execution vulnerability found in rubygem-puppet. Apply the patch immediately.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for rubygem-puppet fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2017-2295: A remote attacker could have forced unsafe YAML

deserialization which could have led to code execution (bsc#1040151)

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update code execution important advisory openSUSE

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-835=1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-835=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

ruby2.1-rubygem-puppet-3.8.7-20.1

ruby2.1-rubygem-puppet-doc-3.8.7-20.1

ruby2.1-rubygem-puppet-testsuite-3.8.7-20.1

ruby2.2-rubygem-puppet-3.8.7-20.1

ruby2.2-rubygem-puppet-doc-3.8.7-20.1

ruby2.2-rubygem-puppet-testsuite-3.8.7-20.1

ruby2.3-rubygem-puppet-3.8.7-20.1

ruby2.3-rubygem-puppet-doc-3.8.7-20.1

ruby2.3-rubygem-puppet-testsuite-3.8.7-20.1

ruby2.4-rubygem-puppet-3.8.7-20.1

ruby2.4-rubygem-puppet-doc-3.8.7-20.1

ruby2.4-rubygem-puppet-testsuite-3.8.7-20.1

rubygem-puppet-3.8.7-20.1

rubygem-puppet-master-3.8.7-20.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

rubygem-puppet-emacs-3.8.7-20.1

rubygem-puppet-master-unicorn-3.8.7-20.1

rubygem-puppet-vim-3.8.7-20.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

ruby2.1-rubygem-puppet-3.8.7-17.3.1

ruby2.1-rubygem-puppet-doc-3.8.7-17.3.1

ruby2.1-rubygem-puppet-testsuite-3.8.7-17.3.1

rubygem-puppet-3.8.7-17.3.1

rubygem-puppet-master-3.8.7-17.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (noarch):

rubygem-puppet-emacs-3.8.7-17.3.1

rubygem-puppet-master-unicorn-3.8.7-17.3.1

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Read the Full Advisory

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2295.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1040151

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:1948-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 42.2

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