SUSE Security Update: Security update for pcp
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:0190-1
Rating:             important
References:         #732763 #775009 #775010 #775011 #775013 #782967 
                    
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-3418 CVE-2012-3419 CVE-2012-3420
                    CVE-2012-3421
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
                    SLE SDK 10 SP4
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   An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has two
   fixes is now available. It includes two new package
   versions.

Description:


   pcp was updated to version 3.6.10 which fixes security
   issues and also  brings a lot of new features.

   *

   Update to pcp-3.6.10.

   o Transition daemons to run under an unprivileged
   account. o Fixes for security advisory CVE-2012-5530:
   tmpfile flaws; (bnc#782967). o Fix pcp(1) command
   short-form pmlogger reporting. o Fix pmdalogger error
   handling for directory files. o Fix pmstat handling of odd
   corner case in CPU metrics. o Correct the python ctype used
   for pmAtomValue 32bit ints. o Add missing RPM spec
   dependency for python-ctypes. o Corrections to pmdamysql
   metrics units. o Add pmdamysql slave status metrics. o
   Improve pmcollectl error messages. o Parameterize
   pmcollectl CPU counts in interrupt subsys. o Fix generic
   RPM packaging for powerpc builds. o Fix python API use of
   reentrant libpcp string routines. o Python code backporting
   for RHEL5 in qa and pmcollectl. o Fix edge cases in
   capturing interrupt error counts.
   *

   Update to pcp-3.6.9.

   o Python wrapper for the pmimport API o Make
   sar2pcp work with the sysstat versions from RHEL5, RHEL6,
   and all recent Fedora versions (which is almost all current
   versions of sysstat verified). o Added a number of
   additional metrics into the importer for people starting to
   use it to analyse sar data from real customer incidents. o
   Rework use of C99 "restrict" keyword in pmdalogger (Debian
   bug: 689552) o Alot of work on the PCP QA suite, special
   thanks to Tomas Dohnalek for all his efforts there. o Win32
   build updates o Add "raw" disk active metrics so that
   existing tools like iostat can be emulated o Allow sar2pcp
   to accept XML input directly (.xml suffix), allowing it to
   not have to run on the same platform as the sadc/sadf that
   originally generated it. o Add PMI error codes into the
   PCP::LogImport perl module. o Fix a typo in pmiUnits man
   page synopsis section o Resolve pmdalinux ordering issue in
   NUMA/CPU indom setup (Redhat bug: 858384) o Remove unused
   pmcollectl imports (Redhat bug: 863210) o Allow event
   traces to be used in libpcp interpolate mode
   *

   Update to pcp-3.6.8.

   o Corrects the disk/partition identification for
   the MMC driver, which makes disk indom handling correct on
   the Raspberry Pi (https://www.raspberrypi.org/) o Several
   minor/basic fixes for pmdaoracle. o Improve pmcollectl
   compatibility. o Make a few clarifications to pmcollectl.1.
   o Improve python API test coverage. o Numerous updates to
   the test suite in general. o Allow pmda Install scripts to
   specify own dso name again. o Reconcile spec file
   differences between PCP flavours. o Fix handling of
   multiple contexts with a remote namespace. o Core socket
   interface abstractions to support NSS (later). o Fix man
   page SYNOPSIS section for pmUnpackEventRecords. o Add
   --disable-shared build option for static builds.
   *

   Update to pcp-3.6.6.

   o Added the python PMAPI bindings and an initial
   python client in pmcollectl. Separate, new package exists
   for python libs for those platforms that split out packages
   (rpm, deb). o Added a pcp-testsuite package for those
   platforms that might want this (rpm, deb again, mainly) o
   Re-introduced the pcp/qa subdirectory in pcp and deprecated
   the external pcpqa git tree. o Fix potential buffer
   overflow in pmlogger host name handling. o Reworked the
   configure --prefix handling to be more like the rest of the
   open source world. o Ensure the __pmDecodeText ident
   parameter is always set Resolves Red Hat bugzilla bug
   #841306.

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2012-3418
   
   * CVE-2012-3419
   
   * CVE-2012-3420
   
   * CVE-2012-3421
   


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 Software Development Kit 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-libpcp3-7221

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libpcp3-7221

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libpcp3-7221

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libpcp3-7221

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 3.6.10]:

      libpcp3-3.6.10-0.3.1
      pcp-3.6.10-0.3.1
      pcp-devel-3.6.10-0.3.1
      pcp-import-iostat2pcp-3.6.10-0.3.1
      pcp-import-mrtg2pcp-3.6.10-0.3.1
      pcp-import-sar2pcp-3.6.10-0.3.1
      pcp-import-sheet2pcp-3.6.10-0.3.1
      perl-PCP-LogImport-3.6.10-0.3.1
      perl-PCP-LogSummary-3.6.10-0.3.1
      perl-PCP-MMV-3.6.10-0.3.1
      perl-PCP-PMDA-3.6.10-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2013.1.7]:

      permissions-2013.1.7-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2013.1.7]:

      permissions-2013.1.7-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2013.1.7 and 3.6.10]:

      libpcp3-3.6.10-0.5.1
      pcp-3.6.10-0.5.1
      pcp-import-iostat2pcp-3.6.10-0.5.1
      pcp-import-mrtg2pcp-3.6.10-0.5.1
      pcp-import-sar2pcp-3.6.10-0.5.1
      pcp-import-sheet2pcp-3.6.10-0.5.1
      perl-PCP-LogImport-3.6.10-0.5.1
      perl-PCP-LogSummary-3.6.10-0.5.1
      perl-PCP-MMV-3.6.10-0.5.1
      perl-PCP-PMDA-3.6.10-0.5.1
      permissions-2013.1.7-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2013.1.7]:

      permissions-2013.1.7-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2013.1.7]:

      permissions-2013.1.7-0.5.1

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64) [New Version: 3.6.10]:

      libpcp3-3.6.10-0.5.1
      pcp-3.6.10-0.5.1
      pcp-devel-3.6.10-0.5.1
      pcp-import-iostat2pcp-3.6.10-0.5.1
      pcp-import-mrtg2pcp-3.6.10-0.5.1
      pcp-import-sar2pcp-3.6.10-0.5.1
      pcp-import-sheet2pcp-3.6.10-0.5.1
      perl-PCP-LogImport-3.6.10-0.5.1
      perl-PCP-LogSummary-3.6.10-0.5.1
      perl-PCP-MMV-3.6.10-0.5.1
      perl-PCP-PMDA-3.6.10-0.5.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3418.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3419.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3420.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3421.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/732763
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/775009
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/775010
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/775011
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/775013
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/782967
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2013:0190-1: important: pcp

January 23, 2013
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has two An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has two An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now av...

Summary

pcp was updated to version 3.6.10 which fixes security issues and also brings a lot of new features. * Update to pcp-3.6.10. o Transition daemons to run under an unprivileged account. o Fixes for security advisory CVE-2012-5530: tmpfile flaws; (bnc#782967). o Fix pcp(1) command short-form pmlogger reporting. o Fix pmdalogger error handling for directory files. o Fix pmstat handling of odd corner case in CPU metrics. o Correct the python ctype used for pmAtomValue 32bit ints. o Add missing RPM spec dependency for python-ctypes. o Corrections to pmdamysql metrics units. o Add pmdamysql slave status metrics. o Improve pmcollectl error messages. o Parameterize pmcollectl CPU counts in interrupt subsys. o Fix generic RPM packaging for powerpc builds. o Fix python API use of reentrant libpcp string routines. o Python code backporting for RHEL5 in qa and pmcollectl. o Fix edge cases in capturing interrupt error counts. * ...

Read the Full Advisory

References

#732763 #775009 #775010 #775011 #775013 #782967

Cross- CVE-2012-3418 CVE-2012-3419 CVE-2012-3420

CVE-2012-3421

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

SLE SDK 10 SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3418.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3419.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3420.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3421.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/732763

https://bugzilla.novell.com/775009

https://bugzilla.novell.com/775010

https://bugzilla.novell.com/775011

https://bugzilla.novell.com/775013

https://bugzilla...

Read the Full Advisory

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0190-1
Rating: important

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