SUSE-SU-2012:0571-1: moderate: Security update for cifs-utils

Mon Apr 30 14:08:09 MDT 2012

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for cifs-utils
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:0571-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #747906 #754443 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-1586
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:

   The following issue has been fixed:

   * Don't allow unprivileged users to mount onto dirs to
   which they can't chdir (CVE-2012-1586).

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2012-1586
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1586
   >

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 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-cifs-utils-6196

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-cifs-utils-6196

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-cifs-utils-6196

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

Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      cifs-utils-5.1-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      cifs-utils-5.1-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      cifs-utils-5.1-0.7.1

References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1586.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/747906
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/754443
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d1a2486c645bab97da85841e46e9a71e