SUSE-SU-2013:1489-1: moderate: Security update for coreutils

[sle-security-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for coreutils
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:1489-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #796243 #798538 #798541 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-0221 CVE-2013-0222 CVE-2013-0223
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   This coreutils update fixes three minor security issues:

   * VUL-1: CVE-2013-0221: segmentation fault in "sort -d"
   and "sort -M" with long line input (bnc#798538)
   * VUL-1: CVE-2013-0222: segmentation fault in "uniq"
   with long line input (bnc#796243)
   * VUL-1: CVE-2013-0223: segmentation fault in "join -i"
   with long line input (bnc#798541)

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2013-0221
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0221
   >
   * CVE-2013-0222
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0222
   >
   * CVE-2013-0223
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0223
   >


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-coreutils-8336

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-coreutils-8336

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-coreutils-8334

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-coreutils-8334

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-coreutils-8336

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-coreutils-8334

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


Package List:

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

      coreutils-8.12-6.25.29.1
      coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.29.1

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

      coreutils-8.12-6.25.29.1
      coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.29.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):

      coreutils-x86-8.12-6.25.29.1

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

      coreutils-8.12-6.25.29.1
      coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.29.1

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

      coreutils-8.12-6.25.29.1
      coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.29.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):

      coreutils-x86-8.12-6.25.29.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      coreutils-8.12-6.25.29.1
      coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.29.1

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

      coreutils-8.12-6.25.29.1
      coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.29.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0221.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0222.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0223.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/796243
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/798538
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/798541
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a424a30e440c41865ae2d1be367f600b
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c40186dc1a0ccee10f0c5b83fa0ad01d