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SUSE Security Update: Security update for WebYaST
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0053-1
Rating: important
References: #792712
Cross-References: CVE-2012-0435
Affected Products:
WebYaST 1.2
SUSE Studio Standard Edition 1.2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. It
includes one version update.

Description:


The hosts list used by WebYaST for connecting to it's back
end part was modifiable allowing to point to a malicious
website which then could access all values sent by WebYaST.

The /host configuration path was removed to fix this issue.

Security Issue reference:

* CVE-2012-0435



Patch Instructions:

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

- WebYaST 1.2:

zypper in -t patch slewyst12-webyast-base-ui-7236

- SUSE Studio Standard Edition 1.2:

zypper in -t patch sleslms12-webyast-base-ui-7236

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


Package List:

- WebYaST 1.2 (noarch) [New Version: 0.2.63]:

webyast-base-ui-0.2.63-0.6.1
webyast-base-ui-branding-default-0.2.63-0.6.1
webyast-base-ui-testsuite-0.2.63-0.6.1

- SUSE Studio Standard Edition 1.2 (noarch) [New Version: 0.2.63]:

webyast-base-ui-0.2.63-0.6.1


References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0435.html
https://bugzilla.novell.com/792712
http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=7c947289145036c838e04ef674b59d7b

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