Security update for libksba

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1509-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-4574 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-4579 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libksba fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-4579: Out-of-bounds read in _ksba_ber_parse_tl()
  • CVE-2016-4574: two OOB read access bugs (remote DoS) (bsc#979261)

Also adding reliability fixes from v1.3.4.

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 Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libksba-12598=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-libksba-12598=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-libksba-12598=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libksba-devel-1.0.4-1.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libksba-1.0.4-1.25.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • libksba-1.0.4-1.25.1

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