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SuSe: Slapper Worm Advisory

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On July 30, we (SuSe) released a security advisory concerning vulnerabilities in OpenSSL, including a buffer overflow in the SSL code. This vulnerability is currently being exploited by a worm called Slapper, propagating through Apache's mod_ssl module.

SuSe: libX11 vulnerability

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The libX11 library from this package dynamically loads other libraries where the pathname is controlled by the user invoking the program linked against libX11. Unfortunately, libX11 also behaves the same way when linked against setuid programs. This behavior allows local users to execute arbitrary code under a different UID which can be the root-UID in the worst case.

SuSe: RPC buffer overflow

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An integer overflow has been discovered in the xdr_array() function, contained in the Sun Microsystems RPC/XDR library, which is part of the glibc library package on all SuSE products. This overflow allows a remote attacker to overflow a buffer, leading to remote execution of arbitrary code supplied by the attacker.

SuSE: ipppd buffer overflows

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The ipppd program contained various buffer overflows and format string bugs. Since ipppd is installed setuid to root and executable by users of group 'dialout' this may allow attackers with appropriate group membership to execute arbitrary commands as root.

SuSE: bind, glibc: buffer overflow

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A vulnerability has been discovered in some resolver library functions. The affected code goes back to the resolver library shipped as part of BIND4; code derived from it has been included in later BIND releases as well as the GNU libc.

SuSE: OpenSSH Advisory Update

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Theo de Raadt announced that the OpenBSD team is working with ISSon a remote exploit for OpenSSH. No details on the type of vulnerability are available at this time, but everyone is advised to upgrade to version 3.3.