openSUSE Security Update: aaa_base security update ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0171-1 Rating: moderate References: #665479 Cross-References: CVE-2011-0461 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.3 openSUSE 11.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: The boot.localfs init script wrote a file to /dev/shm during shut-down. Since local users may create symlinks there a malicious user could cause corruption of arbitrary files (CVE-2011-0461). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch aaa_base-3906 - openSUSE 11.2: zypper in -t patch aaa_base-3906 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): aaa_base-11.3-8.7.1 - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64): aaa_base-11.2-43.48.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0461.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/665479