SUSE Security Update: SUSE Manager
______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2011:0653-1
Rating:             important
References:         #644072 #644074 #644082 #674859 #685078 #685550 
                    #685551 #689012 #691579 #693574 #694054 #695357 
                    #695392 #697276 
Cross-References:   CVE-2009-4139 CVE-2011-1594
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1
______________________________________________________________________________

   An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has 12 fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   This security update of SUSE Manager fixes the following
   vulnerabilities/add the following improvements:

   * CVE-2009-4139: A cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
   attack can be used to execute web-actions within the SUSE
   Manager web user interface with the privileges of the
   attacked user.
   * CVE-2011-1594: Open Redirect bug at the login page
   (Phishing)
   * using secure SSL ciphersuites only
   * added a "password strength meter"

   Additionally the following non-security issues were fixed
   too:

   * iso8859-1 handling of file names contained in packages
   * fix encoding of summary and description of a package
   if it is wrong
   * improve error message when gpg key is wrong or missing
   * do not trigger a resync is file is missing, can cause
   endless loop
   * do not send tracebacks as email if reposync failed
   * fix errata export/import for sync
   * handle sync with older spacewalk server which do not
   support weak dependencies
   * remove misleading information about Changing SUSE
   Manager hostname
   * fix monitoring related path name reference
   * fix malformed url error from pycurl when trying to
   download products and subscriptions with --from-dir and
   other minor issues
   * added proxy authentication to ncc-sync
   * fixed a syntax error on redirects when debugging is
   turned on
   * implement disconnected population of vendor channels
   * use pycurl instead of urllib for remote requests
   * catch cannot connect to database error
   * fix parsing the proxy user from curlrc

   How to apply this update:

   1. Log in as root user to the SUSE Manager server. 2.
   Stop the Spacewalk service: spacewalk-service stop 3. Apply
   the patch using either zypper patch or YaST Online Update.
   4. Start the Spacewalk service: spacewalk-service start

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2009-4139
   
   * CVE-2011-1594
   

Indications:

   Every SUSE Manager user should update.

Patch Instructions:

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

   - SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sleman12sp1-suse-manager-201106-4708

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


Package List:

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

      spacewalk-backend-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-app-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-applet-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-config-files-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-config-files-common-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-iss-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-iss-export-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-libs-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-package-push-server-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-server-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-sql-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-tools-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-backend-xp-1.2.74-0.30.3
      spacewalk-branding-1.2.2-0.18.2
      susemanager-1.2.0-0.38.1
      susemanager-tools-1.2.0-0.38.1

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

      spacewalk-base-1.2.31-0.25.1
      spacewalk-base-minimal-1.2.31-0.25.1
      spacewalk-grail-1.2.31-0.25.1
      spacewalk-html-1.2.31-0.25.1
      spacewalk-java-1.2.115-0.42.1
      spacewalk-java-config-1.2.115-0.42.1
      spacewalk-java-lib-1.2.115-0.42.1
      spacewalk-java-oracle-1.2.115-0.42.1
      spacewalk-pxt-1.2.31-0.25.1
      spacewalk-setup-1.2.16-0.18.1
      spacewalk-sniglets-1.2.31-0.25.1
      spacewalk-taskomatic-1.2.115-0.42.1
      susemanager-client-config_en-pdf-1.2-0.34.1
      susemanager-install_en-pdf-1.2-0.34.1
      susemanager-jsp_en-1.2-0.26.3
      susemanager-manuals_en-1.2-0.34.1
      susemanager-proxy-quick_en-pdf-1.2-0.34.1
      susemanager-quick_en-pdf-1.2-0.34.1
      susemanager-reference_en-pdf-1.2-0.34.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4139.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1594.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/644072
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/644074
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/644082
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/674859
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/685078
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/685550
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/685551
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/689012
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/691579
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/693574
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/694054
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/695357
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/695392
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/697276
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login