Technical Description

Two vulnerabilities have been identified in various SuSE products, which could be exploited by malicious users to bypass security restrictions, gain knowledge of sensitive information, or potentially obtain elevated privileges. These issues are caused by errors in Postfix. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2385

Affected Products

openSUSE 10.2
openSUSE 10.3
openSUSE 11.0
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
SUSE SLES 9
Novell Linux Desktop 9
Open Enterprise Server
Novell Linux POS 9
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2401
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html

ChangeLog

2008-08-19 : Initial release

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