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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2011.1195
SUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-server
5 December 2011
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: xorg-x11-server
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Impact/Access: Modify Permissions -- Existing Account
Read-only Data Access -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2011-4029 CVE-2011-4028
Reference: ESB-2011.1075
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-server
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2011:1292-1
Rating: important
References: #722944
Cross-References: CVE-2011-4028 CVE-2011-4029
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
This update fixes two security issues with the X server:
* A local attacker could find out if a file exists by
exploiting the way that Xorg creates its lock files.
(CVE-2011-4028
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4028
> )
* A non-root local user could set the read permission
for all users on any file or directory. (CVE-2011-4029
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4029
> )
Indications:
Please install this update.
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sdksp1-xorg-x11-Xvnc-5479
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-xorg-x11-Xvnc-5479
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-xorg-x11-Xvnc-5479
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-xorg-x11-Xvnc-5479
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
xorg-x11-server-sdk-7.4-27.40.52.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.40.52.1
xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.40.52.1
xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.40.52.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.40.52.1
xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.40.52.1
xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.40.52.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.40.52.1
xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.40.52.1
xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.40.52.1
References:
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4028.html
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4029.html
https://bugzilla.novell.com/722944
http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a425a7733f910d0e1b72d89e91656ce9
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