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SUSE: 2013:0053-1 Critical: WebYaST Access Issue Resolved

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2013
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has issued a security patch that resolves a flaw in WebYaST, which could allow connections to harmful websites.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

The hosts list used by WebYaST for connecting to it's back end part was modifiable allowing to point to a malicious website which then could access all values sent by WebYaST. The /host configuration path was removed to fix this issue. Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-0435 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - WebYaST 1.2: zypper in -t patch slewyst12-webyast-base-ui-7236 - SUSE Studio Standard Edition 1.2: zypper in -t patch sleslms12-webyast-base-ui-7236 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - WebYaST 1.2 (noarch) [New Version: 0.2.63]: webyast-base-ui-0.2.63-0.6.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical access issue SUSE version update WebYaST

References

#792712

Cross- CVE-2012-0435

Affected Products:

WebYaST 1.2

SUSE Studio Standard Edition 1.2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0435.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0053-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical access issue SUSE version update WebYaST

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