openSUSE Security Update: ncpfs: Fixed mtab truncation issues due to RLIMIT_FSIZE ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0985-1 Rating: moderate References: #686554 Cross-References: CVE-2011-1089 CVE-2011-1679 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. Description: Following issues are fixed by this update: The ncpfs mount and umount programs were affected by the /etc/mtab truncation problems on RLIMIT_FSIZE. (CVE-2011-1679) Also on errors, the mtab lock was not removed, blocking other applications from modifying /etc/mtab. (CVE-2011-1680) 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 ncpfs-5051 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch ncpfs-5051 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): ncpfs-2.2.6-169.170.1 ncpfs-devel-2.2.6-169.170.1 - openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64): ncpfs-32bit-2.2.6-169.170.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): ncpfs-2.2.6-166.3.1 ncpfs-devel-2.2.6-166.3.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64): ncpfs-32bit-2.2.6-166.3.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1089.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1679.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/686554