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SUSE: 2011:1035-1 Critical Patch for X11 Buffer Overflow Issue

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Calendar Grey September 13, 2011
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for Xorg X11 (ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2054-1) tackles significant memory corruption vulnerability in libXrender.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for Xorg X11
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2011:1035-1
Rating:             important
References:         #709851 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-2895
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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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).

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2011-2895
   


Patch Instructions:

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

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-libpciaccess0-5103

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-libpciaccess0-5103

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-libpciaccess0-5103

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-libpciaccess0-5103

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libpciaccess0-devel-7.4-8.26.3.1
      xorg-x11-devel-7.4-8.26.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      xorg-x11-devel-32bit-7.4-8.26.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      libpciaccess0-7.4-8.26.3.1
      xorg-x11-libs-7.4-8.26.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64):

      libpciaccess0-32bit-7.4-8.26.3.1
      xorg-x11-libs-32bit-7.4-8.26.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libpciaccess0-7.4-8.26.3.1
      xorg-x11-libs-7.4-8.26.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libpciaccess0-32bit-7.4-8.26.3.1
      xorg-x11-libs-32bit-7.4-8.26.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64):

      libpciaccess0-x86-7.4-8.26.3.1
      xorg-x11-libs-x86-7.4-8.26.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

      libpciaccess0-7.4-8.26.3.1
      libpciaccess0-devel-7.4-8.26.3.1
      xorg-x11-devel-7.4-8.26.3.1
      xorg-x11-libs-7.4-8.26.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64):

      libpciaccess0-32bit-7.4-8.26.3.1
      xorg-x11-libs-32bit-7.4-8.26.3.1


References:

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

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