SuSE 11.2 Security Update : ruby (SAT Patch Number 7386)

The ruby interpreter received a fix for a security issue : - Ruby's $SAFE mechanism enables untrusted user codes to run in $SAFE = 4 mode. This is a kind of sandboxing so some operations are restricted in that mode to protect other data outside the sandbox. CVE-2012-4466 The problem found was...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Perl (SAT Patch Number 7439)

This update of Perl 5 fixes the following security issues : - fix rehash DoS bnc804415 CVE-2013-1667 - improve CGI crlf escaping bnc789994 CVE-2012-5526 - fix glob denial of service bnc796014 CVE-2011-2728 - sanitize input in Maketext.pm bnc797060 CVE-2012-6329 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Netwo...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SAT Patch Number 7447)

Mozilla Firefox has been updated to the 17.0.3ESR release. Important: due to compatibility issues, the Beagle plug-in for MozillaFirefox is temporarily disabled by this update. Besides the major version update from the 10ESR stable release line to the 17ESR stable release line, this update brings...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : flash-player (SAT Patch Number 7431)

flash-player has been updated to 11.2.202.273 security update, which fixes several critical security bugs that could have been used by remote attackers to execute code. CVE-2013-0504 / CVE-2013-0643 / CVE-2013-0648 More information can be found on :...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : inkscape (SAT Patch Number 7380)

inkscape was updated to fix a XXE Xml eXternal Entity attack during rasterization of SVG images CVE-2012-5656, where the rendering of malicious SVG images could have connected from inkscape to internal hosts. Also inkscape would have loaded .EPS files from untrusted /tmp occasionaly instead from...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : squid3 (SAT Patch Number 7336)

A denial of service problem in Squid3 initiated via invalid Content-Length headers and memory leaks has been fixed. CVE-2012-5643 / CVE-2013-0189, SQUID-2012:1 Also a logrotate permission issue has been fixed. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : libvirt (SAT Patch Number 7310)

libvirt was updated to fix the following security issue : - A flaw was found in the way message freeing on connection cleanup was handled under certain error conditions. A remote user able to issue commands to libvirt daemon could use this flaw to crash libvirtd or, potentially, escalate their...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Java 1.6.0 (SAT Patch Number 7332)

java-160-openjdk based on Icedtea6-1.12.2 was released, fixing various security issues : New in release 1.12.2 2012-02-03 : - Security fixes - S6563318, CVE-2013-0424: RMI data sanitization - S6664509, CVE-2013-0425: Add logging context - S6664528, CVE-2013-0426: Find log level matching its name ...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : flash-player (SAT Patch Number 7326)

Adobe Flash Player was updated to release 11.2.202.262, fixing bugs and security issues. CVE-2013-0633 / CVE-2013-0634 More information can be found at http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-04.html %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : MySQL (SAT Patch Number 7251)

A stack-based buffer overflow in MySQL has been fixed that could have caused a Denial of Service or potentially allowed the execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2012-5611 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Su...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 7240)

This update to 1.8.4 fixes the following issues : - Wireshark could leak potentially sensitive host name resolution information when working with multiple pcap-ng files. wnpa-sec-2012-30, CVE-2012-5592 - The USB dissector could go into an infinite loop. wnpa-sec-2012-31, CVE-2012-5593 - The sFlow...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : tomcat6 (SAT Patch Number 7208)

This update of tomcat6 fixes the following security issues : - denial of service. CVE-2012-4534 - tomcat: HTTP NIO connector OOM DoS via a request with large headers. CVE-2012-2733 - tomcat: cnonce tracking weakness. CVE-2012-5885 - tomcat: authentication caching weakness. CVE-2012-5886 - tomcat:...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : bind (SAT Patch Number 6382)

The following issue has been fixed : - Records with zero length rdata field could have crashed named or disclose portions of memory to clients. CVE-2012-1667 %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 : libexif (SAT Patch Number 6568)

Various overflows and other security related bugs in libexif were found by the Google Security team and fixed by the libexif developers. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuSE 11 update information. The...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : libxml2 (SAT Patch Number 6571)

This update fixes several libxml2 integer overflows which could have been used to crash libxml2 parsers or potentially execute code. %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 : libxml2 (SAT Patch Number 6365)

Specially crafted XML could have caused a denial of service via an out-of-bounds write application crash to applications that are linked against libxml2 CVE-2011-3102. This has been fixed. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin...

SuSE 11 Security Update : GNOME screensaver (SAT Patch Number 2150)

When resuming a system, gnome-screensaver does not lock external displays that got connected while the system was suspended. CVE-2010-0285 - Pressing the 'Return' key repeatedly caused an X error that terminated gnome-screensaver. CVE-2010-0732 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : MySQL (SAT Patch Number 6613)

MySQL has been upgraded to version 5.0.96 to fix several vulnerabilities. %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 : pidgin-otr (SAT Patch Number 6380)

A format string flaw in pidgin-otr could have caused a denial of service condition or even potentially allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code. This has been fixed. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : pidgin, finch and libpurple (SAT Patch Number 6534)

This update of pidgin fixes a stack-based buffer overflow in the MXit protocol which could have potentially been exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running pidgin. CVE-2012-3374 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive te...