Security update for zlib

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2017:0004-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1003577 bsc#1003579 bsc#1003580 bsc#1013882
Cross-References:	CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841 CVE-2016-9842 CVE-2016-9843
CVSS scores:	CVE-2016-9840 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-9840 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-9841 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-9841 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-9842 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-9842 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-9843 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-9843 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for zlib fixes the following issues:

CVE-2016-9843: Big-endian out-of-bounds pointer (bsc#1013882)

CVE-2016-9842: Undefined Left Shift of Negative Number (bsc#1003580)

CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841: Out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c (bsc#1003579)

Incompatible declarations for external linkage function deflate (bsc#1003577)

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 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-3=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-3=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-3=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-3=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
  • zlib-debugsource-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • libz1-debuginfo-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • libz1-debuginfo-32bit-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • libz1-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • libz1-32bit-1.2.8-6.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • zlib-devel-static-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • zlib-devel-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • zlib-debugsource-1.2.8-6.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (s390x x86_64)
  • zlib-devel-32bit-1.2.8-6.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • libz1-debuginfo-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • zlib-debugsource-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • libz1-1.2.8-6.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
  • libz1-debuginfo-32bit-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • libz1-32bit-1.2.8-6.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libz1-debuginfo-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • zlib-debugsource-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • libz1-1.2.8-6.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (s390x x86_64)
  • libz1-debuginfo-32bit-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • libz1-32bit-1.2.8-6.3.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9840.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9841.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9842.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9843.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1003577
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1003579
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1003580
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1013882