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SUSE 11 SP2: 2013:0190-1 Important: PCP Security Issues Resolved

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2013
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical security patch for SUSE fixes significant pcp weaknesses with new functionalities released. Installation advised.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has two An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has two An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now av...

Summary

pcp was updated to version 3.6.10 which fixes security issues and also brings a lot of new features. * Update to pcp-3.6.10. o Transition daemons to run under an unprivileged account. o Fixes for security advisory CVE-2012-5530: tmpfile flaws; (bnc#782967). o Fix pcp(1) command short-form pmlogger reporting. o Fix pmdalogger error handling for directory files. o Fix pmstat handling of odd corner case in CPU metrics. o Correct the python ctype used for pmAtomValue 32bit ints. o Add missing RPM spec dependency for python-ctypes. o Corrections to pmdamysql metrics units. o Add pmdamysql slave status metrics. o Improve pmcollectl error messages. o Parameterize pmcollectl CPU counts in interrupt subsys. o Fix generic RPM packaging for powerpc builds. o Fix python API use of

References

#732763 #775009 #775010 #775011 #775013 #782967

Cross- CVE-2012-3418 CVE-2012-3419 CVE-2012-3420

CVE-2012-3421

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

SLE SDK 10 SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3418.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3419.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3420.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3421.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0190-1
Rating: important

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