Security update for dpkg

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1096-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 12-SP1

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:

  • 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:

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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