Secunia Security Advisory - SUSE has issued an update for multiple packages. This fixes multiple security issues and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), gain knowledge of sensitive information, and perform certain actions with escalated privileges and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), compromise an application using the library, and bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38420
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38420/
DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for multiple packages. This fixes multiple
security issues and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by
malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), gain
knowledge of sensitive information, and perform certain actions with
escalated privileges and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial
of Service), compromise an application using the library, and bypass
certain security restrictions.
For more information:
SA34083
SA37363
SA37647
SA37819
SA37907
SA38196
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via YaST Online Update or the SUSE FTP server.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SUSE-SR:2010:002:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA34083:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34083/
SA37363:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37363/
SA37647:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37647/
SA37819:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37819/
SA37907:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37907/
SA38196:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38196/
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