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An issue in caribou, that was exposed by a CVE fix in X.org server, permits a screensaver-lock bypass. It is possible to crash the screensaver and unlock the desktop via the virtual keyboard. References: . MGASA-2021-0043 - Updated caribou packages fix a security vulnerability Publication date: 17 Jan 2021 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0043.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 7 An issue in caribou, that was exposed by a CVE fix in X.org server, permits a screensaver-lock bypass. It is possible to crash the screensaver and unlock the desktop via the virtual keyboard. References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28072 - https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354 - https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/15/1 SRPMS: - 7/core/caribou-0.4.21-3.1.mga7 . Revised moose libraries enhance safety measures in Mageia, successfully addressing lock-screen circumvention.. Mageia Security Update, Caribou Lock Bypass, Linux Advisory. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available. It includes one version update. is now available. It includes one version update.. SUSE Security Update: Security update for Mozilla Firefox ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0261-1 Rating: critical References: #744625 #744629 #746616 Cross-References: CVE-2012-0452 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 FOR SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 FOR SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available. It includes one version update. Description: MozillaFirefox was updated to 10.0.1 to fix critical bugs and security issue. The following security issue has been fixed: CVE-2012-0452: Mozilla developers Andrew McCreight and Olli Pettay found that ReadPrototypeBindings will leave a XBL binding in a hash table even when the function fails. If this occurs, when the cycle collector reads this hash table and attempts to do a virtual method on this binding a crash will occur. This crash may be potentially exploitable. Firefox 9 and earlier are not affected by this vulnerability. tml Security Issues: * CVE-2012-0452 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 Server 11 SP1 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp1-MozillaFirefox-5807 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1FOR SP2: zypper in -t patch slessp1fsp2-MozillaFirefox-5807 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch slessp1-MozillaFirefox-5807 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 FOR SP2: zypper in -t patch sledsp1fsp2-MozillaFirefox-5807 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sledsp1-MozillaFirefox-5807 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 10.0.1]: MozillaFirefox-10.0.1-0.4.1 MozillaFirefox-translations-10.0.1-0.4.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 FOR SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 10.0.1]: MozillaFirefox-10.0.1-0.4.1 MozillaFirefox-translations-10.0.1-0.4.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 10.0.1]: MozillaFirefox-10.0.1-0.4.1 MozillaFirefox-translations-10.0.1-0.4.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 FOR SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 10.0.1]: MozillaFirefox-10.0.1-0.4.1 MozillaFirefox-translations-10.0.1-0.4.1 mhtml-firefox-0.5-1.47.47.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 10.0.1]: MozillaFirefox-10.0.1-0.4.1 MozillaFirefox-translations-10.0.1-0.4.1 mhtml-firefox-0.5-1.47.47.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0452.html . Enhance your SUSE installations by applying the essential Mozilla Firefox update to mitigate significant risks and security flaws efficiently.. SUSE Linux Enterprise, Mozilla Firefox exploit, security update, patch management, vulnerabilities alert. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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