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SUSE CORE 9: 2012:0056-1 Important: Heimdal Remote Execution

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Calendar Grey January 5, 2012
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update of heimdal fixes one security issues: * CVE-2011-4862: A remote code execution in the kerberized telnet daemon was fixed. (This only affects the ktelnetd from the heimdal RPM, not the regular telnetd supplied by SUSE.) Security Issue reference: * CVE-2011-4862 Indications: Please install this update. Package List: - SUSE CORE 9 (i586 s390 s390x x86_64): heimdal-0.6.1rc3-55.29 heimdal-devel-0.6.1rc3-55.29 heimdal-lib-0.6.1rc3-55.29 heimdal-tools-0.6.1rc3-55.29 - SUSE CORE 9 (x86_64): heimdal-devel-32bit-9-201112301024 heimdal-lib-32bit-9-201112301024 - SUSE CORE 9 (s390x): heimdal-devel-32bit-9-201112301034 heimdal-lib-32bit-9-201112301034

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote execution important patch SUSE CORE 9 heimdal update

References

#738632

Cross- CVE-2011-4862

Affected Products:

SUSE CORE 9

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4862.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0056-1
Rating: important

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security advisory remote execution important patch SUSE CORE 9 heimdal update

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