Security update for DirectFB

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0839-1
Rating: important
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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
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

DirectFB was updated to fix two security issues.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

  • CVE-2014-2977: Multiple integer signedness errors could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the Voodoo interface, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
  • CVE-2014-2978: Remote attackers could cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the Voodoo interface, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

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-12-2015-185=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-185=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-185=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-185=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-2015-185=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
    • DirectFB-1.7.1-4.1
    • lib++dfb-1_7-1-1.7.1-4.1
    • lib++dfb-1_7-1-debuginfo-1.7.1-4.1
    • libdirectfb-1_7-1-1.7.1-4.1
    • libdirectfb-1_7-1-debuginfo-32bit-1.7.1-4.1
    • libdirectfb-1_7-1-32bit-1.7.1-4.1
    • libdirectfb-1_7-1-debuginfo-1.7.1-4.1
    • DirectFB-debuginfo-1.7.1-4.1
    • DirectFB-debugsource-1.7.1-4.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • DirectFB-debuginfo-1.7.1-4.1
    • lib++dfb-devel-1.7.1-4.1
    • DirectFB-devel-1.7.1-4.1
    • DirectFB-debugsource-1.7.1-4.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • DirectFB-1.7.1-4.1
    • lib++dfb-1_7-1-1.7.1-4.1
    • lib++dfb-1_7-1-debuginfo-1.7.1-4.1
    • libdirectfb-1_7-1-1.7.1-4.1
    • libdirectfb-1_7-1-debuginfo-1.7.1-4.1
    • DirectFB-debuginfo-1.7.1-4.1
    • DirectFB-debugsource-1.7.1-4.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • DirectFB-1.7.1-4.1
    • lib++dfb-1_7-1-1.7.1-4.1
    • lib++dfb-1_7-1-debuginfo-1.7.1-4.1
    • libdirectfb-1_7-1-1.7.1-4.1
    • libdirectfb-1_7-1-debuginfo-1.7.1-4.1
    • DirectFB-debuginfo-1.7.1-4.1
    • DirectFB-debugsource-1.7.1-4.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 (x86_64)
    • libdirectfb-1_7-1-32bit-1.7.1-4.1
    • libdirectfb-1_7-1-debuginfo-32bit-1.7.1-4.1

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