Security update for systemtap
SUSE Security Update: Security update for systemtap
This collective update for systemtap provides the following
fixes:
* Change how systemtap looks for tracepoint header
files. (bnc#796574)
* Systemtap manually loads libebl backends. Add libebl1
dependency. (bnc#800335)
* Fix kernel panic when processing malformed DWARF
unwind data. (bnc#748564, CVE-2012-0875)
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2012-0875
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| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2013:0669-1 |
| Rating: | low |
| References: | #748564 #796574 #800335 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.
Description:
This collective update for systemtap provides the following
fixes:
* Change how systemtap looks for tracepoint header
files. (bnc#796574)
* Systemtap manually loads libebl backends. Add libebl1
dependency. (bnc#800335)
* Fix kernel panic when processing malformed DWARF
unwind data. (bnc#748564, CVE-2012-0875)
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2012-0875
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-systemtap-7444 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-systemtap-7444
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- systemtap-1.5-0.9.1
- systemtap-server-1.5-0.9.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- systemtap-1.5-0.9.1
- systemtap-server-1.5-0.9.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0875.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/748564
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/796574
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/800335
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=da58c88a9d2d5da2cf356729b896548f