SUSE-RU-2012:1673-1: Recommended update for Hyper-V

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for Hyper-V
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:1673-1
Rating:             low
References:         #676890 #761200 #790469 #791605 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
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   An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   This update to hyper-v adds support for KVP IP injection, a
   feature to set  the clients IP address from the host.

   Additionally, two denial-of-service vulnerabilities
   (CVE-2012-2669,  CVE-2012-5532) are fixed with this update
   and packaging has been improved.

   Security Issues:

   * CVE-2012-2669
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2669
   >
   * CVE-2012-5532
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5532
   >


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended 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-7106

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


Package List:

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

      hyper-v-4-0.9.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2669.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5532.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/676890
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/761200
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/790469
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/791605
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b055c4ea76eadfabe6535941b609474c