SUSE-SU-2014:1294-1: important: Security update for rsyslog

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for rsyslog
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:1294-1
Rating:             important
References:         #890228 #897262 #899756 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-3634 CVE-2014-3683
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
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   An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one
   errata is now available.

Description:


   rsyslog has been updated to fix a remote denial of service issue:

       * Under certain configurations, a local or remote attacker able to
         send syslog messages to the server could have crashed the log server
         due to an array overread. (CVE-2014-3634, CVE-2014-3683)

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2014-3634
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3634>
       * CVE-2014-3683
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3683>


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 Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-rsyslog-9840

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-rsyslog-9840

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      rsyslog-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-diag-tools-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-doc-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-module-gssapi-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-module-gtls-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-module-mysql-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-module-pgsql-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-module-relp-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-module-snmp-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-module-udpspoof-5.10.1-0.11.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      rsyslog-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-diag-tools-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-doc-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-module-gssapi-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-module-gtls-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-module-mysql-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-module-pgsql-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-module-relp-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-module-snmp-5.10.1-0.11.1
      rsyslog-module-udpspoof-5.10.1-0.11.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3634.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3683.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=890228
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=897262
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=899756
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=bf1479391eaebb0445fd0ffa9182ee43