openSUSE Security Update: gdm security update ______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2010:0969-1 Rating: moderate References: #628607 #633655 Cross-References: CVE-2010-1172 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.2 openSUSE 11.1 ______________________________________________________________________________

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available. It includes one version update.

Description:

dbus-glib allowed local users to write properties that were exported read-only via dbus (CVE-2010-1172).

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 11.2:

zypper in -t patch gdm-3108

- openSUSE 11.1:

zypper in -t patch gdm-3108

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List:

- openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.28.2]:

gdm-2.28.2-0.2.2 gdm-branding-upstream-2.28.2-0.2.2

- openSUSE 11.2 (noarch) [New Version: 2.28.2]:

gdm-lang-2.28.2-0.2.2

- openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc x86_64):

gdm-2.24.0-15.1.1 gdm-branding-upstream-2.24.0-15.1.1 gdm-lang-2.24.0-15.1.1

References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1172.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/628607 https://bugzilla.novell.com/633655