Synopsis:    Low: abrt, libreport, btparser, and python-meh security and bug fix update
Issue Date:  2012-06-20
CVE Numbers: CVE-2011-4088
             CVE-2012-1106


ABRT (Automatic Bug Reporting Tool) is a tool to help users to detect
defects in applications and to create a bug report with all the information
needed by a maintainer to fix it. It uses a plug-in system to extend its
functionality. libreport provides an API for reporting different problems
in applications to different bug targets, such as Bugzilla, FTP, and Trac.

The btparser utility is a backtrace parser and analyzer library, which
works with backtraces produced by the GNU Project Debugger. It can parse a
text file with a backtrace to a tree of C structures, allowing to analyze
the threads and frames of the backtrace and process them.

The python-meh package provides a python library for handling exceptions.

If the C handler plug-in in ABRT was enabled (the abrt-addon-ccpp package
installed and the abrt-ccpp service running), and the sysctl
fs.suid_dumpable option was set to "2" (it is "0" by default), core dumps
of set user ID (setuid) programs were created with insecure group ID
permissions. This could allow local, unprivileged users to obtain sensitive
information from the core dump files of setuid processes they would
otherwise not be able to access. (CVE-2012-1106)

ABRT did not allow users to easily search the collected crash information
for sensitive data prior to submitting it. This could lead to users
unintentionally exposing sensitive information via the submitted crash
reports. This update adds functionality to search across all the collected
data. (CVE-2011-4088)

These updated packages include numerous bug fixes.

All users of abrt, libreport, btparser, and python-meh are advised to
upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues.

SL6:
  i386
     abrt-addon-vmcore-2.0.8-6.el6.i686.rpm
     abrt-debuginfo-2.0.8-6.el6.i686.rpm
     abrt-devel-2.0.8-6.el6.i686.rpm
     abrt-gui-2.0.8-6.el6.i686.rpm
     btparser-0.16-3.el6.i686.rpm
     btparser-debuginfo-0.16-3.el6.i686.rpm
     btparser-devel-0.16-3.el6.i686.rpm
     btparser-python-0.16-3.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-cli-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-debuginfo-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-devel-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-gtk-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-gtk-devel-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-newt-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-plugin-bugzilla-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-plugin-logger-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-plugin-mailx-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-plugin-reportuploader-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-plugin-rhtsupport-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-python-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
  noarch
     python-meh-0.12.1-3.el6.noarch.rpm
  x86_64
     abrt-2.0.8-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
     abrt-addon-ccpp-2.0.8-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
     abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.8-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
     abrt-addon-python-2.0.8-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
     abrt-addon-vmcore-2.0.8-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
     abrt-cli-2.0.8-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
     abrt-debuginfo-2.0.8-6.el6.i686.rpm
     abrt-debuginfo-2.0.8-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
     abrt-desktop-2.0.8-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
     abrt-devel-2.0.8-6.el6.i686.rpm
     abrt-devel-2.0.8-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
     abrt-gui-2.0.8-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
     abrt-libs-2.0.8-6.el6.i686.rpm
     abrt-libs-2.0.8-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
     abrt-tui-2.0.8-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
     btparser-0.16-3.el6.i686.rpm
     btparser-0.16-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
     btparser-debuginfo-0.16-3.el6.i686.rpm
     btparser-debuginfo-0.16-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
     btparser-devel-0.16-3.el6.i686.rpm
     btparser-devel-0.16-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
     btparser-python-0.16-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
     libreport-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
     libreport-cli-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
     libreport-debuginfo-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-debuginfo-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
     libreport-devel-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-devel-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
     libreport-gtk-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-gtk-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
     libreport-gtk-devel-2.0.9-5.el6.i686.rpm
     libreport-gtk-devel-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
     libreport-newt-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
     libreport-plugin-bugzilla-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
     libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
     libreport-plugin-logger-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
     libreport-plugin-mailx-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
     libreport-plugin-reportuploader-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
     libreport-plugin-rhtsupport-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
     libreport-python-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team