Security update for cracklib
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2016:2211-1 |
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| Rating: | moderate |
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.
Description:
This update for cracklib fixes a security issue and a bug:
Security issue fixed: - Add patch to fix a stack buffer overflow in GECOS parser (bsc#992966 CVE-2016-6318)
The following non security issue was fixed: - Call textdomain in cracklib-check main function so that program output is translated accordingly. (bsc#928923)
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:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
zypper in -t patch sdksp4-cracklib-12726=1 -
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
zypper in -t patch slessp4-cracklib-12726=1 -
SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
zypper in -t patch slessp4-cracklib-12726=1 -
SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3
zypper in -t patch slestso13-cracklib-12726=1
Package List:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
- cracklib-devel-2.8.12-56.13.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
- cracklib-2.8.12-56.13.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ia64)
- cracklib-x86-2.8.12-56.13.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
- cracklib-32bit-2.8.12-56.13.1
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SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
- cracklib-32bit-2.8.12-56.13.1
- cracklib-2.8.12-56.13.1
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SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 (x86_64)
- cracklib-dict-small-2.8.12-56.13.1