SUSE-SU-2012:0817-1: moderate: Security update for hyper-v

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for hyper-v
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:0817-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #761200 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-2669
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   The Hyper-V userland daemon was updated to match the
   current kernel Hyper-V  feature level.

   It brings key-value-pair storage that can be queried by the
   kernel via the  netlink interface and can pass information
   out to the Hyper-V hypervisor.

   The netlink query code was adjusted to only allow the Linux
   kernel to  access it via netlink messages (CVE-2012-2669).

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2012-2669
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2669
   >


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:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-hyper-v-6431

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


Package List:

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

      hyper-v-3-0.5.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2669.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/761200
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=e70f5ee49a7d2feb951ac6fe0ea3a0c3