SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : OpenOffice_org (SAT Patch Numbers 3087 / 3089)

Specially crafted ppt files could cause a heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOfficeorg Impress. Attackers could exploit that to crash OpenOfficeorg or potentially even execute arbitrary code. CVE-2010-2935 / CVE-2010-2936 This update also fixes numerous non-security bugs. Please refer to the packa...

SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : ghostscript (SAT Patch Numbers 2708 / 2709)

This update for ghostscript fixes the following security issues : - Specially crafted postscript .ps files can cause buffer overflows in ghostscript that could potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2010-1869 / CVE-2010-1628 / CVE-2009-4270 - By default, ghostscript reads certain...

SuSE 11 Security Update : Python (SAT Patch Number 2175)

This update of python has a copy of libxmlrpc that is vulnerable to denial of service bugs that can occur while processing malformed XML input. CVE-2009-2625: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 moderate AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control CWE-264 CVE-2009-3720: CVSS v2 Ba...

SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 3144 / 3147 / 3148 / 3163 / 3171)

This security update of the SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 GA kernel fixes 3 critical security issues. Following security bugs were fixed : - Mismatch between 32bit and 64bit register usage in the system call entry path could be used by local attackers to gain root privileges. This problem only affects...

SuSE 11 Security Update : iSCSI (SAT Patch Number 2878)

This update of iscscitarget/tgt fixes multiple overflows and a format string vulnerability : - CVE-2010-2221: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P: Buffer Errors CWE-119 - CVE-2010-0743: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P: Format String Vulnerability...

SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : libxml2 (SAT Patch Numbers 3460 / 3461)

libxml2: Invalid memory access in the xpath handling has been fixed. CVE-2010-4008 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...

SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : clamav (SAT Patch Numbers 2479 / 2480)

This update fixes the following security issues in clamav that can be used as a remote denial of service attack : - A off-by-one buffer overflow. CVE-2010-1640 - A crash while parsing PDFs CVE-2010-1639 / CVE-2010-2077 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : ncpfs (SAT Patch Numbers 2396 / 2456)

This update fixes three security issues in ncpfs : - Fixed a information leakage on mount. CVE-2010-0790 / bnc583536 - Fixed a mtab locking problem. CVE-2010-0791 / bnc583536 - Fixed a race condition in ncpfs mounts CVE-2010-0788 / bnc550004 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. Th...

SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : acroread (SAT Patch Numbers 2639 / 2640)

Specially crafted PDF documents could crash acroread or lead to execution of arbitrary code. The fixed security issues have been tracked as : - CVE-2010-1297 - CVE-2010-1240 - CVE-2010-1285 - CVE-2010-1295 - CVE-2010-2168 - CVE-2010-2201 - CVE-2010-2202 - CVE-2010-2203 - CVE-2010-2204 -...

SuSE 11 Security Update : cpio (SAT Patch Number 2198)

This update fixes a heap-based buffer overflow flaw that can happen while expanding specially crafted archive files. CVE-2010-0624 - This updates Dat160 Tape Drive density information bnc415166 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

SuSE 11 Security Update : TeX (SAT Patch Number 2393)

Specially crafted dvi files could cause buffer overflows in dvips and dvipng CVE-2010-0827 / CVE-2010-0829 / CVE-2010-0739 / CVE-2010-1440. 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...

SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : Acrobat Reader (SAT Patch Numbers 3268 / 3270)

Specially crafted PDF documents could crash acroread or lead to execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2010-2883 / CVE-2010-2884 / CVE-2010-2887 / CVE-2010-2889 / CVE-2010-2890 / CVE-2010-3619 / CVE-2010-3620 / CVE-2010-3621 / CVE-2010-3622 / CVE-2010-3623 / CVE-2010-3624 / CVE-2010-3625 / CVE-2010-362...

SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : acroread_ja (SAT Patch Numbers 3272 / 3273)

Specially crafted PDF documents could crash acroread or lead to execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2010-2883 / CVE-2010-2884 / CVE-2010-2887 / CVE-2010-2889 / CVE-2010-2890 / CVE-2010-3619 / CVE-2010-3620 / CVE-2010-3621 / CVE-2010-3622 / CVE-2010-3623 / CVE-2010-3624 / CVE-2010-3625 / CVE-2010-362...

SuSE 11 Security Update : tar (SAT Patch Number 2124)

A malicious remote tape server could cause a buffer overflow in tar. In order to exploit that an attacker would have to trick the victim to extract a file that causes tar to open a connection to the rmt server CVE-2010-0624. It's advisable to always use tar's -force-local local option to avoid su...

SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : libpng (SAT Patch Numbers 3045 / 3046)

Specially crafted png files could cause crashes or even execution of arbitrary code in applications using libpng to process such files. CVE-2010-1205 / CVE-2010-2249 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuS...

SuSE 11 Security Update : clamav (SAT Patch Number 2298)

Specially crafted CAB archives could crash clamav CVE-2010-1311 or bypass virus detection CVE-2010-0098. clamav has been updated to version 0.96 which fixes those issues. Citing freshmeat.net : This Release introduces new malware detection mechanisms and other significant improvements to the scan...

SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : freetype2 (SAT Patch Numbers 3202 / 3203)

When loading specially crafted font files applications linked against freetype2 could crash or potentially even execute arbitrary code CVE-2010-3311 / CVE-2010-3053 / CVE-2010-3054. This has been fixed. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks i...

SuSE 11 Security Update : Xen (SAT Patch Number 2230)

Collective Xen/201004 Update, containing fixes for the following issues : - pygrub, reiserfs: Fix on-disk structure definition bnc537370 - Xen on SLES 11 does not boot - endless loop in ATA detection bnc561912 - xend leaks memory bnc564750 - Keyboard Caps Lock key works abnormal under SLES11 xen...

SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : Mozilla (SAT Patch Numbers 3339 / 3340)

The Mozilla NSS Library was updated to version 3.12.8 and the Mozilla NSPR Library was updated to 4.8.6 to fix various bugs and one security issue : - Disallow wildcard matching in X509 certificate Common Names. This update also has preparations for Firefox 4 support, and a updated Root Certifica...

SuSE 11 Security Update : Mozilla (SAT Patch Number 2239)

Mozilla NSS was updated to version 3.12.6. This fixes all currently known issues in mozilla-nss, and also implements the new TLS/SSL renegotiation handling. CVE-2009-3555 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted fro...