SUSE-RU-2012:1279-1: moderate: Recommended update for sblim-sfcb

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for sblim-sfcb
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:1279-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #744995 #767533 #770234 #770430 #782327 
Affected Products:
                    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 four fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   This collective update for Small Footprint CIM Broker
   (sblim-sfcb) resolves  the following issues:

   * Don't log debug/trace messages by default (bnc#767533)
   * Prevent crash on early shutdown (while provider
   initialization is still in progress) (bnc#770430)
   * Don't try to kill the SLP thread if it hasn't been
   fully set up yet (bnc#770430)
   * Fix insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH usage in init script
   (bnc#770234, CVE-2012-3381)
   * Don't replace configuration files when updating
   (bnc#744995)
   * Keep argvDebug commented out (defaulting to false) in
   sfcb.cfg (bnc#782327).

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2012-3381
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3381
   >


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 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-sblim-sfcb-6888

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-sblim-sfcb-6888

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-sblim-sfcb-6888

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


Package List:

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

      sblim-sfcb-1.3.11-0.19.1

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

      sblim-sfcb-1.3.11-0.19.1

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

      sblim-sfcb-1.3.11-0.19.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3381.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/744995
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/767533
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/770234
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/770430
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/782327
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d87398134aa1ab215e01c15fb0a0b2cd