Security update for rsync

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0173-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for rsync fixes two security issues and two non-security bugs.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

  • CVE-2014-8242: Checksum collisions leading to a denial of service (bsc#900914)
  • CVE-2014-9512: Malicious servers could send files outside of the transferred directory (bsc#915410)

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

  • bsc#922710: Prevent rsyncd from spamming the log when trying to register SLP.
  • bsc#898513: slp support broke rsync usage.

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 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-113=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-113=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-113=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-113=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-113=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-113=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • rsync-3.1.0-6.1
    • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
    • rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
    • rsync-3.1.0-6.1
    • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
    • rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • rsync-3.1.0-6.1
    • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
    • rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • rsync-3.1.0-6.1
    • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
    • rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • rsync-3.1.0-6.1
    • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
    • rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • rsync-3.1.0-6.1
    • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
    • rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1

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