openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2012:0915-1 (arpwatch)

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openSUSE-SU-2012:0915-1: moderate: arpwatch (CVE-2012-2653) 
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Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:08:31 +0200 (CEST)
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   openSUSE Security Update: arpwatch (CVE-2012-2653)
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2012:0915-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #764521 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-2653
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 12.1
                    openSUSE 11.4
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:



   Changes in arpwatch:

   - arpwatch-2.1a11-drop-privs.dif: call initgroups() with
   pw->pw_gid, not NULL, to not have groupid 0 initialized.
   (bnc#764521, CVE-2012-2653)


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-2012-439

   - openSUSE 11.4:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-439

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64):

      arpwatch-2.1a15-144.4.1
      arpwatch-debuginfo-2.1a15-144.4.1
      arpwatch-debugsource-2.1a15-144.4.1
      arpwatch-ethercodes-build-2.1a15-144.4.1

   - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

      arpwatch-2.1a15-143.1
      arpwatch-debuginfo-2.1a15-143.1
      arpwatch-debugsource-2.1a15-143.1
      arpwatch-ethercodes-build-2.1a15-143.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2653.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/764521