openSUSE Security Update: xorg-x11-server: Fixed memory corruption in XRender ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2010:0583-1 Rating: moderate References: #597232 Cross-References: CVE-2010-1166 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update fixes a memory corruption in the X Render extension in the X server. CVE-2010-1166: The fbComposite function in fbpict.c in the Render extension in the X server in X.Org X11R7.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted request, related to an incorrect macro definition. 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 xorg-x11-Xvnc-2875 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64): xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-61.64.1 xorg-x11-server-7.4-61.64.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-61.64.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-7.4-61.64.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1166.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/597232