Secunia Security Advisory - SUSE has issued an update for multiple packages. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to potentially gain escalated privileges, bypass certain security restrictions, or cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33568
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/33568/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Privilege escalation, DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
https://secunia.com/advisories/product/4118/
openSUSE 11.0
https://secunia.com/advisories/product/19180/
openSUSE 11.1
https://secunia.com/advisories/product/20823/
openSUSE 10.3
https://secunia.com/advisories/product/16124/
DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for multiple packages. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
potentially gain escalated privileges, bypass certain security
restrictions, or cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and by malicious
people to compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA26986
SA29129
SA32226
SA32407
SA32796
SA33318
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via YaST Online Update or the SUSE FTP server.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SUSE-SR:2009:002:
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26986:
https://secunia.com/advisories/26986/
SA29129:
https://secunia.com/advisories/29129/
SA32226:
https://secunia.com/advisories/32226/
SA32407:
https://secunia.com/advisories/32407/
SA32796:
https://secunia.com/advisories/32796/
SA33318:
https://secunia.com/advisories/33318/
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