openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2012:0621-1 (coreutils)

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openSUSE-SU-2012:0621-1: moderate: update for coreutils 
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Tue, 15 May 2012 16:08:12 +0200 (CEST)
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   openSUSE Security Update: update for coreutils
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2012:0621-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #697897 #741241 
Cross-References:   CVE-2005-4890
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 12.1
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:

   when running "su -c" to execute commands as different user
   the target user could inject command back into the calling
   user's terminal via the TIOCSTI ioctl.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 12.1:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-278

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64):

      coreutils-8.14-3.4.1
      coreutils-debuginfo-8.14-3.4.1
      coreutils-debugsource-8.14-3.4.1

   - openSUSE 12.1 (noarch):

      coreutils-lang-8.14-3.4.1

   - openSUSE 12.1 (ia64):

      coreutils-debuginfo-x86-8.14-3.4.1
      coreutils-x86-8.14-3.4.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-4890.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/697897
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/741241