Security update for rsync

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2016:0173-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#898513 bsc#900914 bsc#915410 bsc#922710
Cross-References:	CVE-2014-8242 CVE-2014-9512
CVSS scores:
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for rsync fixes two security issues and two non-security bugs.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

• CVE-2014-8242: Checksum collisions leading to a denial of service (bsc#900914)
• CVE-2014-9512: Malicious servers could send files outside of the transferred directory (bsc#915410)

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• bsc#922710: Prevent rsyncd from spamming the log when trying to register SLP.
• bsc#898513: slp support broke rsync usage.

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 Desktop 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-113=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-113=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-113=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-113=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-113=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-113=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
  • rsync-3.1.0-6.1
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
  • rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
  • rsync-3.1.0-6.1
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
  • rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • rsync-3.1.0-6.1
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
  • rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
  • rsync-3.1.0-6.1
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
  • rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • rsync-3.1.0-6.1
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
  • rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • rsync-3.1.0-6.1
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
  • rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8242.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9512.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=898513
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=900914
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=915410
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=922710