SUSE Update for Multiple Packages
Secunia Advisory: SA27756
Release Date: 2007-11-23
Last Update: 2007-12-03
Popularity: 6,688 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Spoofing
Manipulation of data
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:openSUSE 10.2
openSUSE 10.3
SUSE Linux 10
SUSE Linux 10.1
SUSE Linux 9.2
SUSE Linux 9.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.x
SuSE Linux Standard Server 8
UnitedLinux 1.0

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2741
CVE-2007-2865
CVE-2007-3227
CVE-2007-3999
CVE-2007-5116
CVE-2007-5162
CVE-2007-5707
CVE-2007-5708
CVE-2007-5728
CVE-2007-5770
CVE-2007-6035
CVE-2007-6167


Description:
SUSE has issued updates for multiple packages. This fixes a security issue and some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges, malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and by malicious people to conduct spoofing and cross-site scripting attacks, cause a DoS, and compromise a vulnerable system.

Note: This also fixes a security issue in yast2-core, which is caused due to the application searching for modules in the current directory. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges by e.g. tricking another user to run yast2 in a directory containing specially crafted yast2 modules.

For more information:
SA25294
SA25446
SA25699
SA26705
SA26985
SA27424
SA27546
SA27719

Solution:
Updated packages are available via YaST Online Update or the SUSE FTP server.

Provided and/or discovered by:
SUSE credits Stefan Nordhausen for the yast2-core security issue.

Changelog:
2007-12-03: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-11/msg00003.html

Other References:
SA25294:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25294/

SA25446:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25446/

SA25699:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25699/

SA26705:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26705/

SA26985:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26985/

SA27424:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27424/

SA27546:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27546/

SA27719:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27719/


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