SuSE 11.1 Security Update : kbd (SAT Patch Number 3825)

The following bug has been fixed : - The kbd init scripted wrote a file to /dev/shm during shut-down. Since local users may create symlinks there a malicious user could cause corruption of arbitrary files. CVE-2011-0460 has been assigned to this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : sysconfig (SAT Patch Number 3954)

This update fixes the file permissions for ifcfg- files. %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 itself is copyright C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc';...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : dhcpcd (SAT Patch Number 4316)

A rogue DHCP server could instruct clients to use a host name that contains shell meta characters. Since many scripts in the system do not expect unusal characters in the system's host name the DHCP client needs to sanitize the host name offered by the server. CVE-2011-0996 This update also fixes...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 4267)

Wireshark was updated to version 1.4.4 to fix several security issues %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 itself is copyright C Novell, Inc. if NASLLEVEL 3000 exit0;...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : X11 (SAT Patch Number 4199)

Remote attackers could execute arbitrary commands as root by assigning specially crafted hostnames to X11 clients via XDMCP. CVE-2011-0465 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuSE 11 update information. Th...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : moonlight (SAT Patch Number 4246)

Moonlight was prone to several security problems : - modification of read-only values via RuntimeHelpers.InitializeArray. CVE-2011-0989 - buffer overflow due to race condition in in Array.FastCopy. CVE-2011-0990 - use-after-free due to DynamicMethod resurrection. CVE-2011-0991 - information leak...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : PHP5 (SAT Patch Number 4133)

PHP5 was updated to fix several security issues. %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 itself is copyright C Novell, Inc. if NASLLEVEL 3000 exit0;...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : kdelibs4 (SAT Patch Number 4217)

KSSL did not properly verify the host name of a certificate if the certificate was issued for an IP address CVE-2011-1094. This has been fixed. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuSE 11 update informatio...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : libxml2 (SAT Patch Number 3775)

A bug in the Xpath processing inside libxml2 has been fixed. CVE-2010-4494 was assigned to this issue. %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 itself is copyright C Novell,...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SAT Patch Number 4227)

Mozilla Firefox was updated to version 3.6.16 to fix the following security issue : - Several invalid HTTPS certificates were placed on the certificate blacklist to prevent their misuse. MFSA 2011-11 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : quagga (SAT Patch Number 4023)

This security update of quagga fixes : - Direct BGP peers can send malformed extended communities which lead to a NULL pointer dereference. CVE-2010-1674 - A malformed ASPATHLIMIT path attribute will cause a session reset in Quagga. This malformed package is forwarded by other routers and can be...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : logwatch (SAT Patch Number 4236)

Shell meta characters in log file names could lead to execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2011-1018 %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 itself is copyright C Novell, Inc...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : FUSE (SAT Patch Number 4095)

The following security issues were fixed : - FUSE allowed local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary pathnames, and consequently unmount any filesystem, via a symlink attack on the parent directory of the mountpoint of a FUSE filesystem. CVE-2010-3879 - Avoid mounting a directory including...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Mozilla XULRunner (SAT Patch Number 4228)

Mozilla XULRunner 1.9.1 was updated to version 1.9.1.18 to fix the following security issue : - Several invalid HTTPS certificates were placed on the certificate blacklist to prevent their misuse. MFSA 2011-11 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : PostgreSQL (SAT Patch Number 3977)

A buffer overflow in the intarray module potentially allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code as the user running PostgreSQL CVE-2010-4015: CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9. Additionally a possible log forging problem was fixed too. CVE-2010-4014 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : openSSL (SAT Patch Number 3938)

This update improves the ClientHello handshake message parsing function. Prior to this update is was possible that this function reads beyond the end of a message leading to invalid memory access and a crash. Under some circumstances it was possible that information from the OCSP extensions was...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : pango (SAT Patch Number 4065)

Specially crafted font files could cause a heap corruption in applications linked against pango. CVE-2011-0064 / CVE-2011-0020 %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 itsel...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : clamav (SAT Patch Number 4155)

Specially crafted VBA data in Microsoft Office documents could crash clamav or potentially even cause execution of arbitrary code. clamav was updated to version 0.97 to fix the issue. CVE-2011-1003 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in thi...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : IBM Java (SAT Patch Number 4109)

IBM Java 6 SR9 FP1 was updated to fix a critical security bug in float number handling : - The Java Runtime Environment hangs forever when converting '2.2250738585072012e-308' to a binary floating-point number. CVE-2010-4476 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive tex...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Libreoffice (SAT Patch Number 4082)

Maintenance update to LibreOffice-3.3.1. It adds some interesting features, fixes many bugs, including several security vulnerabilities. The previous OpenOfficeorg packages are also renamed to libreoffice. LibreOffice is continuation of the OpenOffice.org project. This update replaces the...