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SUSE Security Announcement
Package: kernel
Announcement ID: SUSE-SA:2010:009
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0000
Affected Products: SLE SDK 10 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
Vulnerability Type: kernel remote denial of service
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C)
SUSE Default Package: yes
Cross-References: CVE-2009-3556, CVE-2009-4536, CVE-2009-4538
Content of This Advisory:
1) Security Vulnerability Resolved:
Linux kernel security update
Problem Description
2) Solution or Work-Around
3) Special Instructions and Notes
4) Package Location and Checksums
5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
See SUSE Security Summary Report.
6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information
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1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP 2 kernel was updated to fix various
bugs and some security issues.
Following security issues were fixed:
CVE-2009-3556: Two sysfs files in the qla2xxx driver were world
writable, so users could change SCSI attributes of the qla2xxx driver.
CVE-2009-4536: drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c in the e1000 driver
in the Linux kernel handles Ethernet frames that exceed the MTU by
processing certain trailing payload data as if it were a complete
frame, which allows remote attackers to bypass packet filters via a
large packet with a crafted payload.
(The e1000e driver is not included in the SLES 10 SP2 kernel, so
CVE-2009-4538 does not affect this kernel.)
2) Solution or Work-Around
There is no known workaround, please install the update packages.
3) Special Instructions and Notes
Please reboot the machine after installing the update.
4) Package Location and Checksums
The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST
Online Update (YOU) tool. YOU detects which updates are required and
automatically performs the necessary steps to verify and install them.
Alternatively, download the update packages for your distribution manually
and verify their integrity by the methods listed in Section 6 of this
announcement. Then install the packages using the command
rpm -Fhv
to apply the update, replacing with the filename of the
downloaded RPM package.
Our maintenance customers are notified individually. The packages are
offered for installation from the maintenance web:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2 for x86
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=0e38893ae48531c465e75bb476887271
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO for IPF
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=8e541b7f2bfe8694ff60329a4b87780b
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO for IBM POWER
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=a02e6340cd8b95ceba636634ae907750
SLE SDK 10 SP2
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=0e38893ae48531c465e75bb476887271
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=8e541b7f2bfe8694ff60329a4b87780b
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=a02e6340cd8b95ceba636634ae907750
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=7a90bbd78c61a210fcbf21c821ac1ec8
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=0e38893ae48531c465e75bb476887271
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=8e541b7f2bfe8694ff60329a4b87780b
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=a02e6340cd8b95ceba636634ae907750
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=7a90bbd78c61a210fcbf21c821ac1ec8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=0e38893ae48531c465e75bb476887271
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=7a90bbd78c61a210fcbf21c821ac1ec8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=7a90bbd78c61a210fcbf21c821ac1ec8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=0e38893ae48531c465e75bb476887271
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=8e541b7f2bfe8694ff60329a4b87780b
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=a02e6340cd8b95ceba636634ae907750
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=7a90bbd78c61a210fcbf21c821ac1ec8
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=1d4930dd8139d55c7a6310239ec5aacc
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO for IBM zSeries 64bit
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=1d4930dd8139d55c7a6310239ec5aacc
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5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
See SUSE Security Summary Report.
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6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information
- Announcement authenticity verification:
SUSE security announcements are published via mailing lists and on Web
sites. The authenticity and integrity of a SUSE security announcement is
guaranteed by a cryptographic signature in each announcement. All SUSE
security announcements are published with a valid signature.
To verify the signature of the announcement, save it as text into a file
and run the command
gpg --verify
replacing with the name of the file where you saved the
announcement. The output for a valid signature looks like:
gpg: Signature made using RSA key ID 3D25D3D9
gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team "
where is replaced by the date the document was signed.
If the security team's key is not contained in your key ring, you can
import it from the first installation CD. To import the key, use the
command
gpg --import gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc
- Package authenticity verification:
SUSE update packages are available on many mirror FTP servers all over the
world. While this service is considered valuable and important to the free
and open source software community, the authenticity and the integrity of
a package needs to be verified to ensure that it has not been tampered
with.
The internal rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the
authenticity of an RPM package. Use the command
rpm -v --checksig
to verify the signature of the package, replacing with the
filename of the RPM package downloaded. The package is unmodified if it
contains a valid signature from build@suse.de with the key ID 9C800ACA.
This key is automatically imported into the RPM database (on
RPMv4-based distributions) and the gpg key ring of 'root' during
installation. You can also find it on the first installation CD and at
the end of this announcement.
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