openSUSE Security Update: pcsc-lite: fixed pcscd local root exploit (CVE-2010-0407) ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2010:0612-1 Rating: moderate References: #609317 Cross-References: CVE-2010-0407 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update of pcsc-lite fixes a local vulnerability (stack overflow) which allows every user with write-access to "/var/run/pcscd/pcscd.comm" to gain root privileges. CVE-2010-0407 has been assigned to this issue. 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 pcsc-lite-2646 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc x86_64): pcsc-lite-1.4.102-1.249.1 pcsc-lite-devel-1.4.102-1.249.1 - openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64): pcsc-lite-32bit-1.4.102-1.249.1 - openSUSE 11.1 (ppc): pcsc-lite-64bit-1.4.102-1.249.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0407.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/609317