[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2011:1292-1: important: Security update for xorg-x11-server

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-server

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2011:1292-1

Rating: important

References: #722944

Cross-References: CVE-2011-4028 CVE-2011-4029

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

This update fixes two security issues with the X server:

 

* A local attacker could find out if a file exists by

exploiting the way that Xorg creates its lock files.

(CVE-2011-4028

)

* A non-root local user could set the read permission

for all users on any file or directory. (CVE-2011-4029

)

 

Indications:

 

Please install this update.

 

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 SP1:

 

zypper in -t patch sdksp1-xorg-x11-Xvnc-5479

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp1-xorg-x11-Xvnc-5479

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp1-xorg-x11-Xvnc-5479

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

 

zypper in -t patch sledsp1-xorg-x11-Xvnc-5479

 

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

xorg-x11-server-sdk-7.4-27.40.52.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

 

xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.40.52.1

xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.40.52.1

xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.40.52.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.40.52.1

xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.40.52.1

xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.40.52.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

 

xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.40.52.1

xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.40.52.1

xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.40.52.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4028.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4029.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/722944

http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a425a7733f910d0e1b72d89e91656ce9

 

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