openSUSE Security Update: xorg-x11-libs
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2011:1299-1
Rating:             important
References:         #709851 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-2895
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.4
                    openSUSE 11.3
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   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:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2895.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/709851

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