Security update for pigz

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0670-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

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 update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

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

Package List:

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

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