SuSE: Weekly Summary 2008:023
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SUSE Security Summary Report
Announcement ID: SUSE-SR:2008:023
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000
Cross-References: CVE-2008-2696, CVE-2008-3271
CVE-2008-4555, CVE-2008-4776
Content of this advisory:
1) Solved Security Vulnerabilities:
- graphviz
- libexiv2, exiv2
- tomcat5, apache-jakarta-tomcat-connectors - libgadu
- opera
2) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
none
3) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information
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1) Solved Security Vulnerabilities
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issues, SUSE Security releases weekly summary reports for the low profile
vulnerability fixes. The SUSE Security Summary Reports do not list or
download URLs like the SUSE Security Announcements that are released for
more severe vulnerabilities.
Fixed packages for the following incidents are already available on our FTP
server and via the YaST Online Update.
- graphviz
An update of graphviz was released to fix a buffer overflow that occurs while parsing a DOT file. (CVE-2008-4555)
Affected products: openSUSE 10.2-11.0, SLE SDK 10 SP1, SLE SDK 10 SP2,
SLED 10 SP1, SLED 10 SP2
- libexiv2, exiv2
A bug in libexiv2/exiv2 could lead to a crash while parsing metadata.
(CVE-2008-2696)
Affected products: openSUSE 10.2-11.0
- tomcat5, apache-jakarta-tomcat-connectors This update of tomcat fixes an information leak due to incorrect IP
address filtering. (CVE-2008-3271)
Affected products: openSUSE 10.2, NLD 9 SDK, Novell Linux POS 9, Open
Enterprise Server, SLES 9, SLE SDK 10 SP1, SLE SDK 10 SP2, SLES 10 SP1,
SLES 10 SP2
- libgadu
The library libgadu was vulnerable to a denial of service bug.
(CVE-2008-4776)
Affected products: openSUSE 10.3-11.0
- opera
Opera was upgraded to version 9.62 fix multiple vulnerabilities
For details have a look at:
https://help.opera.com/en/latest/
Affected products: 10.2-11.0
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2) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds
none
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3) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information
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References
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