openSUSE Security Update: glib2 security update ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2010:0156-1 Rating: low References: #500520 #538005 Cross-References: CVE-2009-3289 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available. It includes one version update. Description: The when copying symbolic links the g_file_copy function set the target of the link to mode 0777 therefore exposing potentially sensitive information or allowing other user to modify files they should not have access to (CVE-2009-3289). This update also fixes a problem where glib2 couldn't access remote URLs when run outside of a gnome session. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.1: zypper in -t patch glib2-1828 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc src x86_64): glib2-2.18.2-5.4.1 - openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc x86_64) [New Version: 0]: glib2-branding-upstream-2.18.2-5.4.1 glib2-devel-2.18.2-5.4.1 glib2-doc-2.18.2-5.4.1 glib2-lang-2.18.2-5.4.1 libgio-2_0-0-2.18.2-5.4.1 libgio-fam-2.18.2-5.4.1 libglib-2_0-0-2.18.2-5.4.1 libgmodule-2_0-0-2.18.2-5.4.1 libgobject-2_0-0-2.18.2-5.4.1 libgthread-2_0-0-2.18.2-5.4.1 - openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64) [New Version: 0]: libgio-2_0-0-32bit-2.18.2-5.4.1 libglib-2_0-0-32bit-2.18.2-5.4.1 libgmodule-2_0-0-32bit-2.18.2-5.4.1 libgobject-2_0-0-32bit-2.18.2-5.4.1 libgthread-2_0-0-32bit-2.18.2-5.4.1 - openSUSE 11.1 (ppc) [New Version: 0]: libgio-2_0-0-64bit-2.18.2-5.4.1 libglib-2_0-0-64bit-2.18.2-5.4.1 libgmodule-2_0-0-64bit-2.18.2-5.4.1 libgobject-2_0-0-64bit-2.18.2-5.4.1 libgthread-2_0-0-64bit-2.18.2-5.4.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3289.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/500520 https://bugzilla.novell.com/538005