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openSUSE 13.1: 2014:0333-1 Important: Disable Remote Version Check in Tools

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.. openSUSE Security Update: percona-toolkit,xtrabackup: disable remote version check ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:0333-1 Rating: important References: #864194 Cross-References: CVE-2014-2029 Affected Products: openSUSE 13.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: percona-toolkit and xtrabackup were updated: - disable automatic version check for all tools [bnc#864194] Prevents transmission of version information to an external host in the default configuration. CVE-2014-2029 Can be used by owner of a Percona Server (or an attacker who can control this destination for the client) to collect arbitrary MySQL configuration parameters and execute commands (with -v). Now the version check needs to be requested via command line or global/tool specific/user configuration. (--version-check) - added /etc/percona-toolkit/percona-toolkit.conf configuration directory and template configuration file Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 13.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-184 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64): xtrabackup-2.1.7-13.2 xtrabackup-debuginfo-2.1.7-13.2 xtrabackup-debugsource-2.1.7-13.2 - openSUSE 13.1 (noarch): percona-toolkit-2.2.7-2.10.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2029.html -- . A critical patch for openSUSE turns off remote version checks in percona-toolkit and xtrabackup utilities.. Percona Toolkit Update, Xtrabackup Security Fix, Remote Check Disable. . Severity: Important.LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 06, 2014 •Important OpenSUSE