openSUSE 11.4 Advisories: 2011:1299-1 Important Buffer Overflow Fix
opensuse
December 5, 2011
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).
Topics Covered
Patch
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
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:1299-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE 11.4
openSUSE 11.3
Topics Covered
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