SUSE-SU-2012:1683-1: Security update for libproxy

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for libproxy
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:1683-1
Rating:             low
References:         #761626 #784523 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-4505
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    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:


   This update for libproxy fixes a heap-based buffer overflow
   that could have  allowed remote servers to have an
   unspecified impact via a crafted  Content-Length size in an
   HTTP response header for a proxy.pac file request
   (CVE-2012-4505).

   Additionally, it fixes parsing of the $no_proxy environment
   variable when  it contains more than one URL separated by
   white-spaces.

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2012-4505
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4505
   >


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 Software Development Kit 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-libproxy-7092

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libproxy-7092

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libproxy-7092

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libproxy-7092

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libproxy-devel-0.3.1-2.6.1

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

      libproxy0-0.3.1-2.6.1
      libproxy0-config-gnome-0.3.1-2.6.3
      libproxy0-config-kde4-0.3.1-2.6.3
      libproxy0-networkmanager-0.3.1-2.6.3

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

      libproxy0-32bit-0.3.1-2.6.1

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

      libproxy0-0.3.1-2.6.1
      libproxy0-config-gnome-0.3.1-2.6.3
      libproxy0-config-kde4-0.3.1-2.6.3
      libproxy0-networkmanager-0.3.1-2.6.3

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

      libproxy0-32bit-0.3.1-2.6.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):

      libproxy0-x86-0.3.1-2.6.1

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

      libproxy0-0.3.1-2.6.1
      libproxy0-config-gnome-0.3.1-2.6.3
      libproxy0-config-kde4-0.3.1-2.6.3
      libproxy0-networkmanager-0.3.1-2.6.3

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      libproxy0-32bit-0.3.1-2.6.1
      libproxy0-config-gnome-32bit-0.3.1-2.6.3
      libproxy0-networkmanager-32bit-0.3.1-2.6.3


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4505.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/761626
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/784523
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d0726c9cb57f5519861776d61fc3891c