SuSE 11.2 Security Update : IBM Java (SAT Patch Number 6793)

IBM Java 1.5.0 was updated to SR11 which fixes bugs and security issues. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/ Also three bugs have been fixed : - fix bnc771808: create symlink /usr/bin/javaws properly - fix bnc666744: mark all configuration files as %confignoreplace - fix bnc773021:...

SuSE 11.1 / 11.2 Security Update : xorg-x11-server-rdp (SAT Patch Numbers 6111 / 6113)

This update of xorg-x11-server-rdp 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 11.2 Security Update : dhcp (SAT Patch Number 6606)

This update provides dhcp 4.2.4-p1, which fixes the dhcpv6 server crashing while accessing the lease on heap and provides the following additional fixes : - Security fixes : - Previously the server code was relaxed to allow packets with zero length client ids to be processed. Under some situation...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : openCryptoki (SAT Patch Number 7053)

openCryptoki had insecure lock file handling, which might have allowed local users with pkcs11 privileges to look at other local users pkcs11 credentials. Some additional small fixes in pkcsslotd were fixed : - Set pkcsslotd pid to /var/run/pkcsslotd.pid - Removed spurious '-' before no-header...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : bogofilter (SAT Patch Number 7135)

A heap corruption in bogofilter's base64 decoding function, caused by incomplete multibyte characters, could have resulted in a Denial of Service App. crash or potentially allowed the execution of arbitrary code. This has been fixed. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

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 11.2 Security Update : ghostscript (SAT Patch Number 6813)

This update fixes an array index error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in ghostscript-library. CVE-2012-4405 has been 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...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : icu (SAT Patch Number 7204)

This update is rereleased because some architectures were missed on the first try. It fixes the following security issues : - Specially crafted strings could cause a buffer overflow in icu. CVE-2011-4599 - An integer overflow in the getSymbol function could crash applications using icu...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : libtiff (SAT Patch Number 6475)

The following issue has been fixed : - Specially crafted tiff files could have caused overflows in libtiff. CVE-2012-2088 / CVE-2012-2113 %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 / 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 11.2 Security Update : Qt4 (SAT Patch Number 6935)

libqt4 has been updated to fix the 'CRIME' attack where compression using SSL connections have side-channel attacks to leak plaintext or cryptographic keys. Compression has been disabled to mitigate the CRIME attack. CVE-2012-4929 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descripti...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : dhcp (SAT Patch Number 6831)

This update to ISC dhcp-4.2.4-P2 release provides a security fix for an issue with the use of lease times. Making certain changes to the end time of an IPv6 lease could cause the server to abort. Thanks to Glen Eustace of Massey University, New Zealand for finding this issue. CVE-2012-3955 has be...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : PHP5 (SAT Patch Number 6440)

PHP5 was updated with incremental fixes to the previous update. - Additional unsafe cgi wrapper scripts are also fixed now. CVE-2012-2335 - Even more commandline option handling is filtered, which could lead to crashes of the php interpreter. CVE-2012-2336 - heap-based buffer overflow in php's ph...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Gimp (SAT Patch Number 6542)

This update of Gimp fixed a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in Script-Fu's server component as well as a NULL pointer dereference flaw in the fit format handler. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Su...

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 : 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 : taglib (SAT Patch Number 6179)

The following issue has been fixed : - specially crafted ogg files could have crashed taglib %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...

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 11.2 Security Update : libotr (SAT Patch Number 7076)

This update fixes various heap overflows in libotr. CVE-2012-3461 has been 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, Inc...