openSUSE Security Update: gdm security update ______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2010:0968-1 Rating: moderate References: #628607 #633655 #637069 Cross-References: CVE-2010-1172 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.

Description:

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

Additionally a bug that prevented XDMCP connections was fixed.

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 gdm-3118

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

Package List:

- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64):

gdm-2.30.2-6.1.1 gdm-branding-upstream-2.30.2-6.1.1 gnome-applets-gdm-2.30.2-6.1.1

- openSUSE 11.3 (noarch):

gdm-lang-2.30.2-6.1.1

References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1172.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/628607 https://bugzilla.novell.com/633655 https://bugzilla.novell.com/637069