Security update for libtasn1

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libtasn1
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1600-1
Rating: moderate
References: #929414 #961491 #982779
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 solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

    Description:

    This update for libtasn1 fixes the following issues:

    - Malformed asn1 definitions could have caused a segmentation fault in the
    asn1 definition parser (bsc#961491)
    - CVE-2015-3622: Fixed invalid read in octet string decoding (bsc#929414)
    - CVE-2016-4008: Fixed infinite loop while parsing DER certificates
    (bsc#982779)

    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-ntp-12614=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-ntp-12614=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-ntp-12614=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):
      • libtasn1-devel-1.5-1.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libtasn1-1.5-1.34.1
      • libtasn1-3-1.5-1.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libtasn1-3-32bit-1.5-1.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ia64):
      • libtasn1-3-x86-1.5-1.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libtasn1-debuginfo-1.5-1.34.1
      • libtasn1-debugsource-1.5-1.34.1

    References: