openSUSE Security Update: xorg-x11 security update ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0298-1 Rating: critical References: #674733 Cross-References: CVE-2011-0465 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 openSUSE 11.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: Remote attackers could execute arbitrary commands as root by assigning specially crafted hostnames to X11 clients via XDMCP (CVE-2011-0465). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch xorg-x11-4306 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch xorg-x11-4306 - openSUSE 11.2: zypper in -t patch xorg-x11-4306 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): xorg-x11-7.6-43.44.1 xorg-x11-xauth-7.6-43.44.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): xorg-x11-7.5-12.3.1 xorg-x11-xauth-7.5-12.3.1 - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64): xorg-x11-7.4-35.5.1 xorg-x11-xauth-7.4-35.5.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0465.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/674733