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