openSUSE Security Update: xorg-x11-server: Fixed boundary checks in the GLX protocol handling ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0307-1 Rating: low References: #648287 Cross-References: CVE-2010-4818 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This update of xorg-x11-server fixes issues that could allow attackers read access to arbitrary memory locations via the GLX protocol (CVE-2010-4818).
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 xorg-x11-Xvnc-5766
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):
xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.6_1.9.3-15.26.1 xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.9.3-15.26.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.9.3-15.26.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-7.6_1.9.3-15.26.1
References:
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4818.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/648287