SUSE-RU-2012:0327-1: moderate: Recommended update for logrotate

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for logrotate
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:0327-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #677335 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   In order to make logrotate more robust against manipulated
   log directories  logrotate was changed to

   * add a "su" config option which makes logrotate run
   partially as the specified user
   * run external helpers like log file compressors as the
   user configured with the "su" option
   * issue a warning for log directories writable by
   non-root users
   * not follow symlinks when rotating logs

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2011-1550
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1550
   >


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 SP1 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-logrotate-5745

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-logrotate-5745

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-logrotate-5745

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      logrotate-3.7.7-10.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      logrotate-3.7.7-10.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      logrotate-3.7.3-13.17.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

      logrotate-3.7.7-10.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      logrotate-3.7.3-13.17.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1550.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/677335
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=887c4640300dc79be8b5abf4a6bbf908
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=cf05d445b026ba5a6dcd81b05e2fce50