Security update for dpkg
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2017:1096-1 |
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| Rating: | moderate |
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An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.
Description:
This update for dpkg fixes the following issues:
This security issue was fixed:
- CVE-2015-0860: Off-by-one error in the extracthalf function in dpkg-deb/extract.c in the dpkg-deb component in dpkg allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the archive magic version number in an "old-style" Debian binary package, which triggered a stack-based buffer overflow (bsc#957160).
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 Bootstrap Kit 12 12-SP1
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-BSK-12-SP1-2017-639=1 -
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-639=1 -
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-639=1 -
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-639=1
Package List:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
- dpkg-1.16.10-12.6.1
- dpkg-debugsource-1.16.10-12.6.1
- dpkg-debuginfo-1.16.10-12.6.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
- update-alternatives-debugsource-1.16.10-12.6.1
- update-alternatives-debuginfo-1.16.10-12.6.1
- update-alternatives-1.16.10-12.6.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
- update-alternatives-debugsource-1.16.10-12.6.1
- update-alternatives-debuginfo-1.16.10-12.6.1
- update-alternatives-1.16.10-12.6.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
- update-alternatives-debugsource-1.16.10-12.6.1
- update-alternatives-debuginfo-1.16.10-12.6.1
- update-alternatives-1.16.10-12.6.1