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SUSE 11 SP3: 2014:1697-1 Critical: Popt Security Flaw Update

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Calendar Grey December 24, 2014
Dist Suse Esm H88
The latest enhancements in popt for SUSE Linux address key security concerns and rectify significant vulnerabilities, ensuring a more robust operational environment.
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Summary

This rpm update fixes the following security and non security issues. * bnc#908128: check for bad invalid name sizes (CVE-2014-8118) * bnc#906803: create files with mode 0 (CVE-2013-6435) * bnc#892431: honor --noglob in install mode Security Issues: * CVE-2014-8118 * CVE-2013-6435 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-popt-10097 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp3-popt-10097 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

References

#892431 #906803 #908128

Cross- CVE-2013-6435 CVE-2014-8118

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6435.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8118.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892431

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906803

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908128

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1697-1
Rating: important

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