openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2013:1120-1 (fail2ban)

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openSUSE-SU-2013:1120-1: moderate: update for fail2ban 
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Tue,  2 Jul 2013 12:04:55 +0200 (CEST)
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   openSUSE Security Update: update for fail2ban
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2013:1120-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #824710 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-2178
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 12.3
                    openSUSE 12.2
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   This update of fail2ban fixes a security vulnerability.
   Changes in fail2ban:
   - Fixes: Yaroslav Halchenko
   * [6ccd5781]
   filter.d/apache-{auth,nohome,noscript,overflows} - anchor
   failregex at the beginning (and where applicable at the
   end). Addresses a possible DoS. Closes
   gh#fail2ban/fail2ban#248, CVE-2013-2178, bnc#824710


Patch Instructions:

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

   - openSUSE 12.3:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-544

   - openSUSE 12.2:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-544

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 12.3 (noarch):

      fail2ban-0.8.8-2.8.1

   - openSUSE 12.2 (noarch):

      fail2ban-0.8.6-2.9.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2178.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/824710