SUSE alert SUSE-SU-2012:0552-1 (cobbler)

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[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0552-1: important: Security update for cobbler 
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:08:13 +0200 (CEST)
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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for cobbler
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:0552-1
Rating:             important
References:         #757062 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-4953
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP1
                    SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   This update of cobbler fixes a privilege escalation flaw:

   * CVE-2011-4953: privilege escalation via unsafe call
   to yaml.load instead of yaml.safe_load

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2011-4953
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4953
   >


Patch Instructions:

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

   - SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slesctsp1-cobbler-6153

   - SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sleman12sp1-cobbler-6153

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP1 (x86_64):

      koan-2.0.10-0.34.1

   - SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1 (x86_64):

      cobbler-2.0.10-0.34.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4953.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/757062
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=af48b14...

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