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SUSE: 2011:1035-2 Important: Xorg-X11 Buffer Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey December 6, 2011
Dist Suse Esm H88
Important SUSE security update fixes buffer overflow issues in Xorg-X11 applications. Install the update immediately.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary


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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for Xorg-X11
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2011:1035-2
Rating:             important
References:         #709851 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-2895
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
                    SLE SDK 10 SP4
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   The following bug has been fixed:

   * Specially crafted font files could have caused a
   buffer overflow in applications that use libXfont to load
   such files (CVE-2011-2895).

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2011-2895
   

Indications:

   Please install this update.


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      xorg-x11-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-Xnest-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-Xvfb-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-Xvnc-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-devel-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-doc-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-fonts-scalable-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-fonts-syriac-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-libs-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-man-6.9.0-50.76.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc x86_64):

      xorg-x11-sdk-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-server-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-server-glx-6.9.0-50.76.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):

      xorg-x11-devel-32bit-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-libs-32bit-6.9.0-50.76.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):

      xorg-x11-libs-x86-6.9.0-50.76.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):

      xorg-x11-devel-64bit-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-libs-64bit-6.9.0-50.76.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      xorg-x11-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-Xnest-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-Xvfb-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-Xvnc-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-devel-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-fonts-scalable-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-fonts-syriac-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-libs-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-man-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-server-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-server-glx-6.9.0-50.76.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):

      xorg-x11-devel-32bit-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-libs-32bit-6.9.0-50.76.4

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      xorg-x11-Xvfb-6.9.0-50.76.4
      xorg-x11-doc-6.9.0-50.76.4

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc x86_64):

      xorg-x11-sdk-6.9.0-50.76.4


References:

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

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