Security update for libksba

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libksba
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1509-1
Rating: moderate
References: #979261 #979906
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

  • An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    This update for libksba fixes the following issues:

    - CVE-2016-4579: Out-of-bounds read in _ksba_ber_parse_tl()
    - CVE-2016-4574: two OOB read access bugs (remote DoS) (bsc#979261)

    Also adding reliability fixes from v1.3.4.

    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 Software Development Kit 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libksba-12598=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-libksba-12598=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libksba-12598=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libksba-devel-1.0.4-1.25.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libksba-1.0.4-1.25.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libksba-debuginfo-1.0.4-1.25.1
      • libksba-debugsource-1.0.4-1.25.1

    References: