Security update for cpio

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:3059-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-14866 ( SUSE ): 5.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2019-14866 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-14866 ( NVD ): 6.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for cpio fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-14866: Fixed an improper validation of the values written in the header of a TAR file through the to_oct() function which could have led to unexpected TAR generation (bsc#1155199).

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-3059=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-3059=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • cpio-2.12-3.3.1
    • cpio-debuginfo-2.12-3.3.1
    • cpio-mt-debuginfo-2.12-3.3.1
    • cpio-debugsource-2.12-3.3.1
    • cpio-mt-2.12-3.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15 (noarch)
    • cpio-lang-2.12-3.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • cpio-2.12-3.3.1
    • cpio-debuginfo-2.12-3.3.1
    • cpio-mt-debuginfo-2.12-3.3.1
    • cpio-debugsource-2.12-3.3.1
    • cpio-mt-2.12-3.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • cpio-lang-2.12-3.3.1

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