An updated logwatch package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having [More...]. ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: logwatch security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0324-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0324.html Issue date: 2011-03-07 CVE Names: CVE-2011-1018 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An updated logwatch package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - noarch Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - noarch Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - noarch Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - noarch Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch 3. Description: Logwatch is a customizable log analysis system. Logwatch parses through your system's logs for a given period of time and creates a report analyzing areas that you specify, in as much detail as you require. A flaw was found in the way Logwatch processed log files. If an attacker were able to create a log file with a malicious file name, it could result in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the root user when that log file is analyzed by Logwatch. (CVE-2011-1018) Users of logwatch should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to resolve this issue. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure allpreviously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 680237 - CVE-2011-1018 logwatch: Privilege escalation due improper sanitization of special characters in log file names 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: noarch: logwatch-7.3-9.el5_6.noarch.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: noarch: logwatch-7.3-9.el5_6.noarch.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6): Source: noarch: logwatch-7.3.6-49.el6.noarch.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6): Source: noarch: logwatch-7.3.6-49.el6.noarch.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6): Source: noarch: logwatch-7.3.6-49.el6.noarch.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6): Source: noarch: logwatch-7.3.6-49.el6.noarch.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1018 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc. . Red Hat has issued an advisory about a critical security flaw in Logwatch affecting RHEL versions 5 and 6, advising users to apply a patch swiftly to maintain system security.. Logwatch Update, Red Hat Security Patch, Log Analysis System. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
This new version of logwatch package fixes problems with --splithosts option and contains a lot of services updates.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2006-202 2006-03-22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------Product : Fedora Core 4 Name : logwatch Version : 7.2.1 Release : 1.fc4 Summary : A log file analysis program. Description : LogWatch is a customizable log analysis system. LogWatch parses through your system's logs for a given period of time and creates a report analyzing areas that you specify, in as much detail as you require. LogWatch is easy to use and claims that it will work right out of the package on almost all systems. Note that LogWatch now analyzes Samba logs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: This new version of logwatch package fixes problems with --splithosts option and contains a lot of services updates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* Wed Mar 22 2006 Ivana Varekova 7.2.1-1.fc4 - update to 7.2.1 (#185758) - add/update pam_unix, http, sshd, smart, named, audit, secure and mountd patches ---------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be downloaded from: 13087c5574a3aee59a0230f97d5de39439e86a46 SRPMS/logwatch-7.2.1-1.fc4.src.rpm dea558d2036118cd5c1bfbe6533170b855133997 ppc/logwatch-7.2.1-1.fc4.noarch.rpm dea558d2036118cd5c1bfbe6533170b855133997 x86_64/logwatch-7.2.1-1.fc4.noarch.rpm dea558d2036118cd5c1bfbe6533170b855133997 i386/logwatch-7.2.1-1.fc4.noarch.rpm This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- fedora-announce-list mailinglist
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