Security update for coreutils

SUSE Security Update: Security update for coreutils


Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1489-1
Rating: moderate
References: #796243 #798538 #798541
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:

     


    This coreutils update fixes three minor security issues:

    * VUL-1: CVE-2013-0221: segmentation fault in "sort -d"
    and "sort -M" with long line input (bnc#798538)
    * VUL-1: CVE-2013-0222: segmentation fault in "uniq"
    with long line input (bnc#796243)
    * VUL-1: CVE-2013-0223: segmentation fault in "join -i"
    with long line input (bnc#798541)

    Security Issue references:

    * CVE-2013-0221
    >
    * CVE-2013-0222
    >
    * CVE-2013-0223
    >

     

    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 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-coreutils-8336
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-coreutils-8336
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-coreutils-8334
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-coreutils-8334
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-coreutils-8336
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-coreutils-8334

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • coreutils-8.12-6.25.29.1
    • coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • coreutils-8.12-6.25.29.1
    • coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
    • coreutils-x86-8.12-6.25.29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • coreutils-8.12-6.25.29.1
    • coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • coreutils-8.12-6.25.29.1
    • coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • coreutils-x86-8.12-6.25.29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
    • coreutils-8.12-6.25.29.1
    • coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • coreutils-8.12-6.25.29.1
    • coreutils-lang-8.12-6.25.29.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0221.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0222.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0223.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/796243
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/798538
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/798541
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a424a30e440c41865ae2d1be367f600b
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c40186dc1a0ccee10f0c5b83fa0ad01d