Security update for ppp

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:0473-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

The ppp package was updated to fix the following security issue:

  • CVE-2015-3310: Fixed a buffer overflow in radius plug-in's rc_mksid() (bsc#927841).

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 Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-ppp-12989=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-ppp-12989=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-ppp-12989=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • ppp-devel-2.4.5.git-2.31.7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • ppp-2.4.5.git-2.31.7
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • ppp-2.4.5.git-2.31.7

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