Security update for pigz

SUSE Security Update: Security update for pigz
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0670-1
Rating: moderate
References: #913627
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:

    Pigz, a multi-threaded implementation of gzip, was updated to fix one
    vulnerability.

    The following vulnerability was fixed:

    * A crafted file could have caused an unwanted directory traversal on
    extract (CVE-2015-1191)

    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 Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-156=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-156=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • pigz-2.3-5.1
      • pigz-debuginfo-2.3-5.1
      • pigz-debugsource-2.3-5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • pigz-2.3-5.1
      • pigz-debuginfo-2.3-5.1
      • pigz-debugsource-2.3-5.1

    References:

    • https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1191.html
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/913627