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TITLE:
SUSE update for sudo and avahi

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33818

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33818/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
openSUSE 10.3
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16124/
openSUSE 11.0
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/19180/
openSUSE 11.1
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20823/

DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for sudo and avahi. This fixes a security
issue and a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local
users to gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA33153
SA33753

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using YaST Online Update or the SUSE FTP
server.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SUSE-SR:2009:003:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA33153:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33153/

SA33753:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33753/

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