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openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2011:1299-1 (xorg-x11-libs)

From:  opensuse-security@opensuse.org
To:  opensuse-security-announce@opensuse.org
Subject:  [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2011:1299-1: important: xorg-x11-libs
Date:  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 18:08:19 +0100 (CET)
Message-ID:  <20111205170819.629FD3229C@maintenance.suse.de>
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openSUSE Security Update: xorg-x11-libs ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:1299-1 Rating: important References: #709851 Cross-References: CVE-2011-2895 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: Specially crafted font files could cause a buffer overflow in applications that use libXfont to load such files (CVE-2011-2895). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch libpciaccess0-5102 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch libpciaccess0-5102 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): libpciaccess0-7.6-17.18.1 libpciaccess0-devel-7.6-17.18.1 xorg-x11-devel-7.6-17.18.1 xorg-x11-libs-7.6-17.18.1 - openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64): libpciaccess0-32bit-7.6-17.18.1 xorg-x11-devel-32bit-7.6-17.18.1 xorg-x11-libs-32bit-7.6-17.18.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): libpciaccess0-7.5-4.3.1 libpciaccess0-devel-7.5-4.3.1 xorg-x11-devel-7.5-4.3.1 xorg-x11-libs-7.5-4.3.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64): libpciaccess0-32bit-7.5-4.3.1 xorg-x11-devel-32bit-7.5-4.3.1 xorg-x11-libs-32bit-7.5-4.3.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2895.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/709851 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org


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