Secunia Security Advisory - SUSE has issued an update for multiple packages. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious users to manipulate certain information and by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), bypass certain security restrictions, to cause files to be extracted to arbitrary locations on a user's system, to trick users into visiting a malicious website by obfuscating URLs displayed in the status bar, and to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19130
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Cross Site Scripting, Manipulation of data, DoS,
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
SuSE eMail Server 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/1168/
SUSE Linux 10
http://secunia.com/product/6221/
SuSE Linux 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/140/
SuSE Linux 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/141/
SuSE Linux 9.0
http://secunia.com/product/2467/
SuSE Linux 9.1
http://secunia.com/product/3473/
SUSE Linux 9.2
http://secunia.com/product/4258/
SUSE Linux 9.3
http://secunia.com/product/4933/
SuSE Linux Connectivity Server
http://secunia.com/product/1169/
SuSE Linux Database Server
http://secunia.com/product/1178/
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/2002/
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7
http://secunia.com/product/1170/
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
http://secunia.com/product/1171/
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
http://secunia.com/product/4118/
SuSE Linux Firewall on CD/Admin host
http://secunia.com/product/1179/
SuSE Linux Office Server
http://secunia.com/product/1172/
SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/2001/
SuSE Linux Standard Server 8
http://secunia.com/product/2526/
DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for multiple packages. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious users to
manipulate certain information and by malicious people to conduct
cross-site scripting attacks, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), bypass
certain security restrictions, to cause files to be extracted to
arbitrary locations on a user's system, to trick users into visiting
a malicious website by obfuscating URLs displayed in the status bar,
and to compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA17370
SA19002
SA16904
SA18796
SA18985
SA18845
SA18973
SA18988
SA17571
Note: An off-by-one error in Tin has also been fixed.
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Updated packages are available using YaST Online Update or via the
SUSE FTP site.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17370:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17370/
SA19002:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19002/
SA16904:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16904/
SA18796:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18796/
SA18985:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18985/
SA18845:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18845/
SA18973:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18973/
SA18988:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18988/
SA17571:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17571/
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