Security update for libarchive

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libarchive
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0667-1
Rating: moderate
References: #800024 #920870
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    libarchive was updated to fix a directory traversal in the bsdcpio tool,
    which allowed attackers supplying crafted archives to overwrite files.
    (CVE-2015-2304)

    Also, a integer overflow was fixed that could also overflow buffers.
    (CVE-2013-0211)

    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 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-155=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-155=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-155=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libarchive-debugsource-3.1.2-9.1
      • libarchive-devel-3.1.2-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libarchive-debugsource-3.1.2-9.1
      • libarchive13-3.1.2-9.1
      • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.1.2-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • libarchive-debugsource-3.1.2-9.1
      • libarchive13-3.1.2-9.1
      • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.1.2-9.1

    References:

    • https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0211.html
    • https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2304.html
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/800024
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/920870