Recommended update for zlib

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:2848-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • Development Tools Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for zlib provides the following fixes:

  • Speedup zlib on power8. (fate#325307)
  • Add safeguard against negative values in uInt. (bsc#1071321)

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1999=1
  • Development Tools Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-2018-1999=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • zlib-devel-1.2.11-3.3.1
    • libz1-debuginfo-1.2.11-3.3.1
    • minizip-devel-1.2.11-3.3.1
    • libminizip1-1.2.11-3.3.1
    • libminizip1-debuginfo-1.2.11-3.3.1
    • zlib-debugsource-1.2.11-3.3.1
    • libz1-1.2.11-3.3.1
    • zlib-devel-static-1.2.11-3.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15 (x86_64)
    • libz1-32bit-1.2.11-3.3.1
    • libz1-32bit-debuginfo-1.2.11-3.3.1
  • Development Tools Module 15 (x86_64)
    • zlib-devel-32bit-1.2.11-3.3.1
    • zlib-debugsource-1.2.11-3.3.1

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