SUSE-SU-2012:1077-2: moderate: Security update for nut

[sle-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for nut
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:1077-2
Rating:             moderate
References:         #764699 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-2944
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SLE SDK 10 SP4
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   This update of nut fixes a denial of service flaw that
   could have been  exploited by remote attackers to cause an
   application crash of upsd.

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2012-2944
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2944
   >



Package List:

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

      nut-2.0.3-20.10.1

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      nut-2.0.3-20.10.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2944.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/764699
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=59049173f724dbe51f76a9dd1f317dc8