Security update for bsdtar

SUSE Security Update: Security update for bsdtar
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1939-1
Rating: important
References: #920870 #984990 #985609 #985669 #985675 #985682 #985698
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1
  • SUSE Manager 2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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    An update that fixes 7 vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:

    bsdtar was updated to fix seven security issues.

    These security issues were fixed:
    - CVE-2015-8929: Memory leak in tar parser (bsc#985669).
    - CVE-2016-4809: Memory allocate error with symbolic links in cpio
    archives (bsc#984990).
    - CVE-2015-8920: Stack out of bounds read in ar parser (bsc#985675).
    - CVE-2015-8921: Global out of bounds read in mtree parser (bsc#985682).
    - CVE-2015-8924: Heap buffer read overflow in tar (bsc#985609).
    - CVE-2015-8918: Overlapping memcpy in CAB parser (bsc#985698).
    - CVE-2015-2304: Reject absolute paths in input mode of bsdcpio exactly
    when '..' is rejected (bsc#920870).

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3:
      zypper in -t patch slestso13-bsdtar-12672=1
    • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5:
      zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-bsdtar-12672=1
    • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1:
      zypper in -t patch slemap21-bsdtar-12672=1
    • SUSE Manager 2.1:
      zypper in -t patch sleman21-bsdtar-12672=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp4-bsdtar-12672=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-bsdtar-12672=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-bsdtar-12672=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-bsdtar-12672=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sleposp3-bsdtar-12672=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-bsdtar-12672=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 (x86_64):
      • libarchive-devel-2.5.5-9.1
    • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5 (x86_64):
      • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1
    • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1 (x86_64):
      • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1
    • SUSE Manager 2.1 (s390x x86_64):
      • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libarchive-devel-2.5.5-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):
      • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):
      • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (i586):
      • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • bsdtar-debuginfo-2.5.5-9.1
      • bsdtar-debugsource-2.5.5-9.1

    References: