Recommended update for zlib

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for zlib
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:0810-1
Rating: moderate
References: #912771 #920442
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:

    This update for zlib fixes the following issues:

    • A serious but very rare bug in decompression. (bsc#912771)
    • Zero byte file created instead of empty .gz file on zero byte input. (bsc#920442)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-zlib=10520
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-zlib=10520
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-zlib=10520
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-zlib=10520

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • zlib-devel-1.2.7-0.12.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • zlib-devel-32bit-1.2.7-0.12.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • zlib-1.2.7-0.12.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
      • zlib-32bit-1.2.7-0.12.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • zlib-1.2.7-0.12.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • zlib-32bit-1.2.7-0.12.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
      • zlib-x86-1.2.7-0.12.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • zlib-1.2.7-0.12.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
      • zlib-32bit-1.2.7-0.12.3

    References: