Security update for foomatic-filters

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0112-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following security issues:

CVE-2015-8327: adds backtick and semicolon to the list of illegal shell escape characters (bsc#957531). CVE-2015-8560: fixed code execution via improper escaping of ; (bsc#957531).

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 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sledsp3-foomatic-filters-12324=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sledsp4-foomatic-filters-12324=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-foomatic-filters-12324=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-foomatic-filters-12324=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-foomatic-filters-12324=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-foomatic-filters-12324=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-foomatic-filters-12324=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64 i586)
    • foomatic-filters-3.0.2-269.39.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • foomatic-filters-3.0.2-269.39.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware 11-SP3 (x86_64 i586)
    • foomatic-filters-3.0.2-269.39.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • foomatic-filters-3.0.2-269.39.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3 (x86_64)
    • foomatic-filters-3.0.2-269.39.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • foomatic-filters-3.0.2-269.39.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • foomatic-filters-3.0.2-269.39.1

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