Technical Description

SuSE has released updated packages to address multiple vulnerabilities identified in xine-lib, texinfo, wv, and libpng. These flaws could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary commands. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4824 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-4412 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-4221 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-4521 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-2585

Affected Products

SuSE Linux 10
SuSE Linux 9.x
SuSE Linux 8.x
SuSE Linux 7.x
SuSE Linux Connectivity Server
SuSE Linux Database Server
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.x
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE Linux Firewall
SuSE Linux Standard Server 8
SuSE Linux Office Server
SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.x

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4917
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0002.html

ChangeLog

2006-12-09 : Initial release

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