Security update for cpio

SUSE Security Update: Security update for cpio
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1652-1
Rating: moderate
References: #658010 #907456
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

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

    Description:


    This cpio security update fixes the following buffer overflow issue and
    two non security issues:

    - fix an OOB write with cpio -i (bnc#907456) (CVE-2014-9112)
    - prevent cpio from extracting over a symlink (bnc#658010)
    - fix a truncation check in mt

    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 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2014-113
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2014-113

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • cpio-2.11-29.1
      • cpio-debuginfo-2.11-29.1
      • cpio-debugsource-2.11-29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (noarch):
      • cpio-lang-2.11-29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • cpio-2.11-29.1
      • cpio-debuginfo-2.11-29.1
      • cpio-debugsource-2.11-29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (noarch):
      • cpio-lang-2.11-29.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9112.html
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=658010
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907456