Security update for libtasn1

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0904-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

The ASN.1 parsing library libtasn1 was updated to fix one memory handling issue.

The following vulnerability was fixed:

  • CVE-2015-2806: A stack-based buffer overflow in libtasn1 allowed remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-204=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-204=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-204=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-204=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
    • libtasn1-6-32bit-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-debugsource-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-debuginfo-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-6-debuginfo-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-6-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-6-debuginfo-32bit-3.7-4.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libtasn1-devel-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-debugsource-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-debuginfo-3.7-4.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libtasn1-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-debugsource-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-debuginfo-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-6-debuginfo-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-6-3.7-4.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (s390x x86_64)
    • libtasn1-6-32bit-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-6-debuginfo-32bit-3.7-4.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • libtasn1-6-32bit-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-debugsource-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-debuginfo-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-6-debuginfo-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-6-3.7-4.1
    • libtasn1-6-debuginfo-32bit-3.7-4.1

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