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SUSE Linux 11 SP3: 2013:1626-1 Important Local Access Risk in Guestfs

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Calendar Grey November 4, 2013
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SUSE Security Enhancement for guestfs: Addresses a critical flaw enabling unauthorized local entry.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

A predictable socketname in the guestfish commandline tool could be used by a local attacker to gain access to guestfish sessions of other users on the same system. (CVE-2013-4419) Security Issue reference: * CVE-2013-4419 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch sdksp3-guestfs-data-8465 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch slessp3-guestfs-data-8465 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64): libguestfs-devel-1.20.4-0.18.1

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References

#845720

Cross- CVE-2013-4419

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4419.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1626-1
Rating: important

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