-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2013:078 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : fail2ban Date : April 9, 2013 Affected: Business Server 1.0 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: Updated fail2ban package fixes security vulnerability: fail2ban before 0.8.8 didn't escape the content of \<matches\> (if used in custom action files), which could cause issues on the system running fail2ban as it scans log files, depending on what content is matched, since that content could contain arbitrary symbols (CVE-2012-5642). _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5642 https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0372 _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64: 02b6ad856438586b58cb6226d210cedd mbs1/x86_64/fail2ban-0.8.6-3.1.mbs1.noarch.rpm 1f6f5e01367b978b7f1643eb754a5f28 mbs1/SRPMS/fail2ban-0.8.6-3.1.mbs1.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at: http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/ If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_(at)_mandriva.com _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFRY6y/mqjQ0CJFipgRAqA9AKDGO1NeYqqGLG5kdV0D6cDk55dyoACeNCFW kDZv6FNjedQlHHm/5USMrdU= =InV4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----