openSUSE Security Update: kbd security update ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0357-1 Rating: moderate References: #663898 Cross-References: CVE-2011-0460 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.3 openSUSE 11.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: The kbd init scripted wrote a file to /dev/shm during shut-down. Since local users may create symlinks there a malicious user could cause corruption of arbitrary files (CVE-2011-0460). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch kbd-3914 - openSUSE 11.2: zypper in -t patch kbd-3914 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): kbd-1.14.1-31.3.1 - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64): kbd-1.14.1-20.5.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0460.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/663898