SUSE-SU-2014:1247-2: important: Security update for bash
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for bash
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1247-2
Rating: important
References: #898346 #898603 #898604
Cross-References: CVE-2014-7169 CVE-2014-7186 CVE-2014-7187
Affected Products:
SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2
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An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
The command-line shell 'bash' evaluates environment variables, which
allows the injection of characters and might be used to access files on
the system in some circumstances (CVE-2014-7169).
Please note that this issue is different from a previously fixed
vulnerability tracked under CVE-2014-6271 and is less serious due to the
special, non-default system configuration that is needed to create an
exploitable situation.
To remove further exploitation potential we now limit the
function-in-environment variable to variables prefixed with BASH_FUNC_.
This hardening feature is work in progress and might be improved in later
updates.
Additionally, two other security issues have been fixed:
* CVE-2014-7186: Nested HERE documents could lead to a crash of bash.
* CVE-2014-7187: Nesting of for loops could lead to a crash of bash.
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-7169
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7169>
* CVE-2014-7186
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7186>
* CVE-2014-7187
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7187>
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sleman17sp2-bash-9779
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (x86_64):
bash-3.2-147.14.22.1
bash-doc-3.2-147.14.22.1
libreadline5-32bit-5.2-147.14.22.1
libreadline5-5.2-147.14.22.1
readline-doc-5.2-147.14.22.1
References:
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7169.html
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7186.html
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7187.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=898346
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=898603
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=898604
http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=991d0956c7a6a53ad424c0964c1cbb84
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