openSUSE Security Update: libgnomesu ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0694-1 Rating: moderate References: #695627 Cross-References: CVE-2011-1946 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: The libgnomesu pam backend did not check the return value of the setuid() functions. Local users could exploit that to gain root privileges (CVE-2011-1946). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch libgnomesu-4734 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch libgnomesu-4734 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): libgnomesu-1.0.0-329.334.1 libgnomesu-devel-1.0.0-329.334.1 libgnomesu0-1.0.0-329.334.1 - openSUSE 11.4 (noarch): libgnomesu-lang-1.0.0-329.334.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): libgnomesu-1.0.0-322.3.1 libgnomesu-devel-1.0.0-322.3.1 libgnomesu0-1.0.0-322.3.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (noarch): libgnomesu-lang-1.0.0-322.3.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1946.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/695627