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   openSUSE Security Update: ConsoleKit
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2011:0639-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #686150 
Cross-References:   CVE-2010-4664
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.3
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   Remote users logged in via e.g. ssh could open a consolekit
   session that is considered local and therefore gain
   additional privileges, e.g. via policykit (CVE-2010-4664).


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 ConsoleKit-4687

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64):

      ConsoleKit-0.4.1-7.3.1
      ConsoleKit-devel-0.4.1-7.3.1
      ConsoleKit-x11-0.4.1-7.3.1

   - openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64):

      ConsoleKit-32bit-0.4.1-7.3.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4664.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/686150