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>> SuSE Security Update Fixes Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Title : SuSE Security Update Fixes Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2757
CVE ID : CVE-2007-6598 - CVE-2007-6598 - CVE-2008-1199 - CVE-2008-1199 - CVE-2008-1218 - CVE-2008-1218
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-08

Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in OpenSuSE and SLES, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions, disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service. These issues are caused by errors in dovecot, GraphicsMagick, openssh, and mercurial. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0017 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-1984 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-2592 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-2604

Affected Products

openSUSE 10.2
openSUSE 10.3
openSUSE 11.0
SLES 10

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2757
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html

ChangeLog

2008-10-08 : Initial release

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