Security update for zlib

SUSE Security Update: Security update for zlib
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:3209-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1003577 #1003579 #1003580 #1013882
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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    An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

    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 Security Update use YaST online_update.
    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
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-zlib-12902=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • 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 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • zlib-1.2.7-0.14.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • zlib-32bit-1.2.7-0.14.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ia64):
      • zlib-x86-1.2.7-0.14.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • zlib-debuginfo-1.2.7-0.14.1
      • zlib-debugsource-1.2.7-0.14.1

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