Security update for libical

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libical
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1989-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1015964 #1044995 #986631 #986639
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
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    An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

    Description:

    This update for libical fixes the following issues:

    Security issues fixed:
    - CVE-2016-5824: libical 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
    service (use-after-free) via a crafted ics file. (bsc#986639)
    - CVE-2016-5827: The icaltime_from_string function in libical 0.47 and 1.0
    allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap
    read) via a crafted string to the icalparser_parse_string function.
    (bsc#986631)
    - CVE-2016-9584: libical allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
    service (use-after-free) and possibly read heap memory via a crafted ics
    file. (bsc#1015964)

    Bug fixes:
    - libical crashes while parsing timezones (bsc#1044995)

    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-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2017-1230=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1230=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1230=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1230=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1230=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1230=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1230=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libical-debugsource-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical-devel-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical-devel-static-1.0.1-16.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libical-debugsource-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical-devel-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical-devel-static-1.0.1-16.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64):
      • libical-debugsource-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-debuginfo-1.0.1-16.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libical-debugsource-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-debuginfo-1.0.1-16.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (s390x x86_64):
      • libical1-32bit-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-debuginfo-32bit-1.0.1-16.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libical-debugsource-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-debuginfo-1.0.1-16.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (s390x x86_64):
      • libical1-32bit-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-debuginfo-32bit-1.0.1-16.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):
      • libical-debugsource-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-32bit-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-debuginfo-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-debuginfo-32bit-1.0.1-16.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • libical-debugsource-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-32bit-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-debuginfo-1.0.1-16.3.1
      • libical1-debuginfo-32bit-1.0.1-16.3.1

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