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TITLE:
SUSE update for libgnomesu

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45073

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-06-27

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DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for libgnomesu. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to the libgnomesu pam backend not
checking the return values of the "setuid()" function.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the zypper package manager.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SUSE-SU-2011:0697-1:
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8992680

openSUSE-SU-2011:0694-1:
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8992068

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