Security update for file

SUSE Security Update: Security update for file
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1555-1
Rating: moderate
References: #888308 #902367
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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    An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

    Description:

    file was updated to fix one security issue.

    This security issue was fixed:
    - Out-of-bounds read in elf note headers (CVE-2014-3710).

    This non-security issues was fixed:
    - Correctly identify GDBM files created by libgdbm4 (bnc#888308).

    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 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2014-97
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2014-97
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2014-97

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • file-debuginfo-5.19-5.2
      • file-debugsource-5.19-5.2
      • file-devel-5.19-5.2
      • python-magic-5.19-5.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • file-5.19-5.2
      • file-debuginfo-5.19-5.2
      • file-debugsource-5.19-5.2
      • file-magic-5.19-5.2
      • libmagic1-5.19-5.2
      • libmagic1-debuginfo-5.19-5.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (s390x x86_64):
      • libmagic1-32bit-5.19-5.2
      • libmagic1-debuginfo-32bit-5.19-5.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • file-5.19-5.2
      • file-debuginfo-5.19-5.2
      • file-debugsource-5.19-5.2
      • file-magic-5.19-5.2
      • libmagic1-32bit-5.19-5.2
      • libmagic1-5.19-5.2
      • libmagic1-debuginfo-32bit-5.19-5.2
      • libmagic1-debuginfo-5.19-5.2

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3710.html
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=888308
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902367