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