openSUSE Security Update: VUL-0: rsync heap corruption ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0441-1 Rating: moderate References: #684387 Cross-References: CVE-2011-1097 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 openSUSE 11.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: Specially crafted requests could cause a memory corruption on the receiving side of an rsync transfer (client side or server that allows to push) (CVE-2011-1097). 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 rsync-4292 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch rsync-4292 - openSUSE 11.2: zypper in -t patch rsync-4292 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): rsync-3.0.7-8.9.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): rsync-3.0.7-4.3.1 - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64): rsync-3.0.6-3.5.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1097.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/684387