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