openSUSE Recommended Update: dosfstools: This update fixes a buffer overflow in fsck.vfat ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2011:0211-1 Rating: low References: #677236 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 openSUSE 11.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed. Description: This update fixes the following bug: A buffer overflow can happen when creating an entry of vfat filesystem trough alloc_rootdir_entry(). This function is used when fsck.vfat -f is called. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch dosfstools-4158 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch dosfstools-4158 - openSUSE 11.2: zypper in -t patch dosfstools-4158 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): dosfstools-3.0.10-12.3.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): dosfstools-3.0.9-4.3.1 - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64): dosfstools-2.11-146.4.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/677236