openSUSE Security Update: opie ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0848-1 Rating: moderate References: #698772 Cross-References: CVE-2011-2489 CVE-2011-2490 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. It includes one version update. Description: This update fixes off-by-one errors in opiesu (CVE-2011-2489) and missing setuid() return value checks in opielogin (CVE-2011-2490). This update also removes the setuid bit from opiesu program. If you rely on the setuid bit on opiesu, add the following line to /etc/permissions.local: /usr/bin/opiesu root:root 4755 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 opie-4812 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch opie-4812 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2011.03.07.1608]: opie-2.4-711.714.1 permissions-2011.03.07.1608-1.5.1 - openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64): opie-32bit-2.4-711.714.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): opie-2.4-706.5.1 permissions-2010.04.23.1140-2.2.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64): opie-32bit-2.4-706.5.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2489.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2490.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/698772