Security update for libtasn1

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libtasn1
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0901-1
Rating: moderate
References: #924828
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:

    The ASN.1 parsing library libtasn1 was updated to fix one memory handling issue:

    • CVE-2015-2806: A stack-based buffer overflow in libtasn1 allowed remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

    Security Issues:

    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 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-libtasn1=10659
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-libtasn1=10659
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-libtasn1=10659
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-libtasn1=10659

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libtasn1-devel-1.5-1.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • libtasn1-1.5-1.30.1
      • libtasn1-3-1.5-1.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
      • libtasn1-3-32bit-1.5-1.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libtasn1-1.5-1.30.1
      • libtasn1-3-1.5-1.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libtasn1-3-32bit-1.5-1.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
      • libtasn1-3-x86-1.5-1.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • libtasn1-1.5-1.30.1
      • libtasn1-3-1.5-1.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
      • libtasn1-3-32bit-1.5-1.30.1

    References: