openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2010:0756-1 (festival)

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openSUSE-SU-2010:0756-1 (moderate): festival security update 
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Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:08:10 +0200 (CEST)
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   openSUSE Security Update: festival security update
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2010:0756-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #642507 
Cross-References:   CVE-2010-3996
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.3
                    openSUSE 11.2
                    openSUSE 11.1
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   festival_server uses an unsafe LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Local users
   could exploit that to execute code as another user if that
   user  runs festival_server. CVE-2010-3996 has been assigned
   to this issue.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 11.3:

      zypper in -t patch festival-3374

   - openSUSE 11.2:

      zypper in -t patch festival-3374

   - openSUSE 11.1:

      zypper in -t patch festival-3374

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64):

      festival-1.96-126.3.1
      festival-devel-1.96-126.3.1

   - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64):

      festival-1.96-122.3.1
      festival-devel-1.96-122.3.1

   - openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc x86_64):

      festival-1.96-72.71.1
      festival-devel-1.96-72.71.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3996.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/642507