Security update for GPG2

SUSE Security Update: Security update for GPG2
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:0896-1
Rating: moderate
References: #884130
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:


    GPG2 has been updated to fix a possible denial of service.

    This security issue has been fixed:

    * Denial of service through infinite loop with garbled compressed data
    packets (CVE-2014-4617)

    Security Issues:

    * CVE-2014-4617

    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 Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-gpg2-9433
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-gpg2-9433
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-gpg2-9433

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • gpg2-2.0.9-25.33.39.1
      • gpg2-lang-2.0.9-25.33.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • gpg2-2.0.9-25.33.39.1
      • gpg2-lang-2.0.9-25.33.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • gpg2-2.0.9-25.33.39.1
      • gpg2-lang-2.0.9-25.33.39.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4617.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/884130
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=4cf6e7364e26bbcac5f693e6f589a59e