SuSE 11.1 Security Update : bash (SAT Patch Number 6541)

Parsing the /dev/fd prefix could have lead to a stack-based buffer overflow which could have been exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions. This has been fixed. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Xen (SAT Patch Number 6653)

Xen was updated to fix several security issues : - A xen HVM guest destroy p2m teardown host DoS vulnerability was fixed, where malicious guest could lock/crash the host. CVE-2012-3433 - A xen HVM guest user mode MMIO emulation DoS was fixed. CVE-2012-3432 - The xen pv bootloader doesn't check th...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : finch, libpurple and pidgin (SAT Patch Number 6294)

Various remote triggerable crashes in pidgin have been fixed : - In some situations the MSN server sends text that isn't UTF-8 encoded, and Pidgin fails to verify the text's encoding. In some cases this can lead to a crash when attempting to display the text . CVE-2012-1178 - Incoming messages wi...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : xorg-x11-server-dmx, xorg-x11-server-dmx-debuginfo, etc (SAT Patch Number 6112)

This update of xorg-x11-server-dmx fixed the following security issues : - memory exhaustion flaw CVE-2011-4028 / CVE-2011-4029 - race condition flaw. CVE-2010-2240 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuSE...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : php5 (SAT Patch Number 6627)

This update fixes two security issues of PHP5 : - Potential overflow in phpstreamscandir. CVE-2012-2688 - openbasedir bypass via SQLite extension. CVE-2012-3365 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuSE 11...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : quota (SAT Patch Number 6737)

The quota package was updated to fix an issue with tcpwrappers, where hosts.allow/deny files would have not been correctly honored. CVE-2012-3417 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuSE 11 update...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : GnuTLS (SAT Patch Number 6448)

This update of GnuTLS fixes multiple vulnerabilities : - remote attackers could cause a denial of service heap memory corruption and application crash via an issue in the asn1getlengthder function. CVE-2012-1569 - crafted GenericBlockCipher structures allow remote attackers to cause a denial of...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : PostgreSQL (SAT Patch Number 6697)

This update provides PostgreSQL 8.3.20. As part of this update, the packaging scheme has been changed to accomodate an optional parallel installation of newer PostgreSQL versions. The changes in 8.3.20 are : - Prevent access to external files/URLs via XML entity references. xmlparse would attempt...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : PostgreSQL (SAT Patch Number 6023)

Security and bugfix release 8.3.18 : - Require execute permission on the trigger function for CREATE TRIGGER. CVE-2012-0866, bnc749299 - Convert newlines to spaces in names written in pgdump comments CVE-2012-0868, bnc749303. Please see the PostgreSQL release notes document for full changelog and...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : libpython2_6-1_0, libpython2_6-1_0-32bit, libpython2_6-1_0-x86, python, etc (SAT Patch Number 6310)

This update to python 2.6.8 fixes the following bugs, among others : - XMLRPC Server DoS. CVE-2012-0845, bnc747125 - hash randomization issues. CVE-2012-1150, bnc751718 - insecure creation of .pypirc. CVE-2011-4944, bnc754447 - SimpleHTTPServer XSS. CVE-2011-1015, bnc752375 - functions can accept...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 6381)

This version upgrade of wireshark fixes multiple denial of service flaws : - denial of service via memory alignment flaw. CVE-2012-2394 - DIAMETER memory allocation flaw. CVE-2012-2393 - denial of service in multiple dissectors / parsers Additionally, various other non-security bug fixes were...

SuSE 11.1 / 11.2 Security Update : zypper (SAT Patch Numbers 6527 / 6528)

The following issue has been fixed : - The zypper setuid wrapper linked against libzypp. This is not needed and added unnecessary attack vectors. CVE-2012-0420 has been assigned to this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : puppet (SAT Patch Number 6561)

The following bugs have been fixed in puppet : - puppet: authenticated clients can read arbitrary files via a flaw in puppet master. bnc770828, CVE-2012-3864 - puppet: arbitrary file delete / Denial of Service on Puppet Master by authenticated clients. bnc770829, CVE-2012-3865 - puppet:...

SuSE 11.1 / 11.2 Security Update : gtk2 (SAT Patch Numbers 6389 / 6390)

The following issue has been fixed : - Specially crafted GIF and XBM files could have crashed gtk2 CVE-2012-2370 / CVE-2011-2485 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuSE 11 update information. The text...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : flash-player (SAT Patch Number 6253)

Flash Player was updated to version 11.2.202.233, fixing a critical security problem. This update also fixes a problem with NVIDIA accelerated drivers and swapped blue/red colors, and also a printing regression introduced by a previous update. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : expat (SAT Patch Number 6200)

This update of expat fixes the following bugs : - hash collision attack that could lead to exessive CPU usage. CVE-2012-0876 - expat didn't close file descriptors in some cases. CVE-2012-1147 - specially crafted xml files could lead to a memory leak CVE-2012-1148 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : libpython2_6-1_0, libpython2_6-1_0-32bit, libpython2_6-1_0-x86, python, etc (SAT Patch Number 6310)

This update to python 2.6.8 fixes the following bugs, among others : - XMLRPC Server DoS. CVE-2012-0845, bnc747125 - hash randomization issues. CVE-2012-1150, bnc751718 - insecure creation of .pypirc. CVE-2011-4944, bnc754447 - SimpleHTTPServer XSS. CVE-2011-1015, bnc752375 - functions can accept...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : boost (SAT Patch Number 6507)

The following issue has been fixed : - boost::pool's orderedmalloc could have overflowed when calculating the allocation size. CVE-2012-2677 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuSE 11 update information...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : clamav (SAT Patch Number 6474)

The following issue has been fixed : - Viruses contained in specially crafted tar or CHM files could have evaded detection by clamav. CVE-2012-1457 / CVE-2012-1458 / CVE-2012-1459 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : RPM (SAT Patch Number 6186)

Multiple security vulnerabilities were reported in RPM which could be exploited via specially crafted RPM files to cause a denial of service application crash or potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code. Additionally, a non-security issue was fixed that could cause a division by zero...