Security update for boost

SUSE Security Update: Security update for boost

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Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2012:0882-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	#765443 #767949
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 SLE SDK 10 SP4

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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

Description:

Two problems have been fixed in the boost library:

* boost::pool's ordered_malloc could have overflowed
when calculating the allocation size (CVE-2012-2677).
* fully qualify the the
boost::date_time::dst_adjustment_offsets (non security).

Security Issue reference:

* CVE-2012-2677
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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 SP2:
  zypper in -t patch sdksp1-boost-6507
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:
  zypper in -t patch sdksp1-boost-6507
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-boost-6507
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-boost-6507
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-boost-6507
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
  zypper in -t patch sledsp1-boost-6507
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
  zypper in -t patch sledsp1-boost-6507

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

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• boost-devel-1.36.0-12.3.1
• boost-doc-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_date_time1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_filesystem1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_graph1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_iostreams1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_math1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_program_options1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_python1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_serialization1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_system1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_test1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_thread1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_wave1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ppc64 x86_64):

• libboost_mpi1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

• libboost_regex1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64):

• boost-devel-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_date_time1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_filesystem1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_graph1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_iostreams1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_math1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_program_options1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_python1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_regex1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_serialization1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_signals1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_system1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_test1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_thread1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_wave1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• boost-devel-1.36.0-12.3.1
• boost-doc-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_date_time1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_filesystem1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_graph1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_iostreams1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_math1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_program_options1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_python1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_serialization1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_system1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_test1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_thread1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_wave1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ppc64 x86_64):

• libboost_mpi1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

• libboost_regex1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (ppc64):

• boost-devel-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_date_time1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_filesystem1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_graph1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_iostreams1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_math1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_program_options1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_python1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_regex1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_serialization1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_signals1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_system1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_test1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_thread1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_wave1_36_0-32bit-1.36.0-12.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• boost-license-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_program_options1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_regex1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_signals1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

• boost-license-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_program_options1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_regex1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_signals1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• boost-license-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_program_options1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_regex1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_signals1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

• boost-1.33.1-17.15.1
• boost-devel-1.33.1-17.15.1
• boost-doc-1.33.1-17.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):

• boost-32bit-1.33.1-17.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):

• boost-64bit-1.33.1-17.15.1
• boost-devel-64bit-1.33.1-17.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

• boost-license-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_program_options1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_signals1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_thread1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

• boost-license-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_program_options1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_signals1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• libboost_thread1_36_0-1.36.0-12.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

• boost-1.33.1-17.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):

• boost-32bit-1.33.1-17.15.1
• SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

• boost-devel-1.33.1-17.15.1
• boost-doc-1.33.1-17.15.1
• SLE SDK 10 SP4 (ppc):

• boost-devel-64bit-1.33.1-17.15.1

References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2677.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/765443

https://bugzilla.novell.com/767949

http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=31b79b5c0768465a390c98f00f43531b

http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f7640e04677ae81b96d69003957f49c4