SuSE 10 Security Update : OpenSSL (ZYPP Patch Number 6655)

The TLS/SSLv3 protocol as implemented in openssl prior to this update was not able to associate data to a renegotiated connection. This allowed man-in-the-middle attackers to inject HTTP requests in a HTTPS session without being noticed. For example Apache's modssl was vulnerable to this kind of...

SuSE 10 Security Update : kdelibs3 (ZYPP Patch Number 6692)

KDE KDELibs Remote Array Overrun Arbitrary code execution, CVE-2009-0689 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid49866; scriptversion"1.11";...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Apache 2 (ZYPP Patch Number 6572)

This update of the Apache webserver fixes various security issues : - the option IncludesNOEXEC could be bypassed via .htaccess. CVE-2009-1195 - modproxy could run into an infinite loop when used as reverse proxy. CVE-2009-1890 - moddeflate continued to compress large files even after a network...

SuSE 10 Security Update : cpio (ZYPP Patch Number 6948)

This update fixes a heap-based buffer overflow flaw that can happen while expanding specially crafted archive files. CVE-2010-0624 It also contains changes for : fixed Dat160 Tape Drive density information bnc415166 fixed cpio issues with file sizes = 2^32 fixed handling eof and eod marks...

SuSE 10 Security Update : ethereal (ZYPP Patch Number 6628)

Update of wireshark to fix multiple vulnerabilities : - The Paltalk dissector could crash on alignment-sensitive processors. CVE-2009-3549: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM - The DCERPC/NT dissector could crash. CVE-2009-3550: CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM - The SMB dissector could crash...

SuSE 10 Security Update : PostgreSQL (ZYPP Patch Number 6768)

The following bugs have been fixed : An unprivileged, authenticated PostgreSQL user could create a table which references functions with malicious content. Maintenance operations carried out be the database superuser could execute such functions. CVE-2009-4136 Embedded null bytes in the common na...

SuSE 10 Security Update : mutt (ZYPP Patch Number 6673)

This update improves the handling of SSL certificates and fixes a minor usability bug introduced with the last security update. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if...

SuSE 10 Security Update : MySQL (ZYPP Patch Number 6899)

This update fixes various security issues bnc557669 : upstream 47320 - checking server certificates CVE-2009-4028 upstream 48291 - error handling in subqueries CVE-2009-4019 upstream 47780 - preserving nullvalue flag in GeomFromWKB CVE-2009-4019 upstream 39277 - symlink behaviour fixed...

SuSE 10 Security Update : bzip2 (ZYPP Patch Number 7169)

This update fixes an integer overflow in the BZ2decompress function of bzip2/libbz2. This can be exploited via a crafted archive to cause a denial of service or even execute arbitrary code. CVE-2010-0405 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C...

SuSE 10 Security Update : clamav (ZYPP Patch Number 6990)

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 10 Security Update : w3m (ZYPP Patch Number 7076)

w3m does not handle embedded NUL characters in the common name and in subject alternative names of X.509 certificates CVE-2010-2074. This update fixes the issue and also turns on verification of x509 certificates by default which was not the case before. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

SuSE 10 Security Update : strongswan (ZYPP Patch Number 6529)

The previous fix for a flaw in the ASN.1 parser was incomplete and had to be reworked. CVE-2009-2661 This could lead to crashes of the pluto IKE daemon. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc';...

SuSE 10 Security Update : libpng (ZYPP Patch Number 6933)

Denial of service while decompressing a highly compressed huge ancillary chunk has been fixed in libpng. CVE-2010-0205 has been assigned. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc...

SuSE 10 Security Update : kdm (ZYPP Patch Number 6941)

The KDE display manager kdm contains a race condition which allows local attackers to make arbitrary files orld writable. CVE-2010-0436 has been assigned to this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc...

SuSE 10 Security Update : freetype2 (ZYPP Patch Number 7168)

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 text description of this plugin is C...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Postfix (ZYPP Patch Number 6774)

The post install script of postfix accidentally let postfix listen on all network interfaces. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid49918;...

SuSE 10 Security Update : libpng (ZYPP Patch Number 7144)

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 text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc...

SuSE 10 Security Update : libtool (ZYPP Patch Number 6683)

libtool: libltdl may load modules from the current working directory. CVE-2009-3736 has been assigned to this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description...

SuSE 10 Security Update : libmikmod (ZYPP Patch Number 7004)

Specially crafted 'Impulse Tracker' and 'Ultratracker' files could cause a heap based buffer overflow in libmikmod. Attackers could exploit that to crash or potentially execute code in applications linking against libmikmod. CVE-2009-3995 / CVE-2009-3996 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

SuSE 10 Security Update : pango (ZYPP Patch Number 6894)

This update of pango fixes a memory corruption bug that can possibly be exploited to execute arbitrary code remotely. This bug could occur while processing fonts from untrusted sources. CVE-2010-0421 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C...