Security update for zlib

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:3209-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-9840 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9840 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9841 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9841 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9842 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9842 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9843 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9843 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for zlib fixes the following issues:

  • Incompatible declarations for external linkage function deflate (bnc#1003577)
  • CVE-2016-9842: Undefined Left Shift of Negative Number (bnc#1003580)
  • CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841: Out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c (bnc#1003579)
  • CVE-2016-9843: Big-endian out-of-bounds pointer

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 Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-zlib-12902=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-zlib-12902=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-zlib-12902=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • zlib-devel-1.2.7-0.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • zlib-devel-32bit-1.2.7-0.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • zlib-1.2.7-0.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ia64)
    • zlib-x86-1.2.7-0.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • zlib-32bit-1.2.7-0.14.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • zlib-1.2.7-0.14.1
    • zlib-32bit-1.2.7-0.14.1

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