Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in SuSE, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security restrictions, disclose sensitive information, cause a denial of service or gain elevated privileges. These issues are caused by errors in Kernel. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2009-2939 - VUPEN/ADV-2009-3136

Affected Products

SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 DEBUGINFO
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00006.html

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3230
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00006.html

ChangeLog

2009-11-13 : Initial release

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