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openSUSE 11.4: 2012:0315-2 Critical: Csound Memory Leak Patch

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Calendar Grey February 28, 2012
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Important announcement for openSUSE addresses two potential stack overflow vulnerabilities in csound. Implement the necessary patch to ensure safe and secure system functionality.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update of csound fixes two stack-based buffer

overflows that could be exploited via malformed hetro and

pvoc files (CVE-2012-0270).

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Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow important openSUSE csound

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 csound-5889

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

Package List

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

csound-5.06.0-139.140.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0270.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0315-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4

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security advisory update buffer overflow important openSUSE csound

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