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SUSE: 2014:0838-1 Important: rxvt-unicode Security Update for DoS

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Calendar Grey June 24, 2014
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SUSE Security Announcement for rxvt-unicode (SUSE-SU-2014:0838-1) responds to software problems and security threats.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

rxvt-unicode was updated to ensure that window property values can not be queried in secure mode. (CVE-2014-3121) Security Issue reference: * CVE-2014-3121 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 SP3: zypper in -t patch sdksp3-rxvt-unicode-9421 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch sledsp3-rxvt-unicode-9421 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): rxvt-unicode-9.05-1.19.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

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security advisory software update important security patch SUSE Linux rxvt-unicode

References

#876101

Cross- CVE-2014-3121

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3121.html

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:0838-1
Rating: important

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