Security update for coreutils

SUSE Security Update: Security update for coreutils
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1637-1
Rating: moderate
References: #866010 #901905 #907290 #921559 #928749 #930565 #933396
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes is now available.

    Description:

    This update for coreutils provides the following fixes:

    - Fix memory handling error with case insensitive sort using UTF-8.
    (CVE-2015-4041, CVE-2015-4042)
    - Ensure "df -a" shows all remote file system entries.
    - Only suppress remote mounts of separate exports with "df --total".
    - Document that "df -a" might list duplicated file systems.
    - Adjust references to info nodes in man pages.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-599=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-599=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • coreutils-8.22-9.1
      • coreutils-debuginfo-8.22-9.1
      • coreutils-debugsource-8.22-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (noarch):
      • coreutils-lang-8.22-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • coreutils-8.22-9.1
      • coreutils-debuginfo-8.22-9.1
      • coreutils-debugsource-8.22-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (noarch):
      • coreutils-lang-8.22-9.1

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