Security update for libtasn1

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libtasn1
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0904-1
Rating: low
References: #924828
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:

    The ASN.1 parsing library libtasn1 was updated to fix one memory handling
    issue.

    The following vulnerability was fixed:

    * CVE-2015-2806: A stack-based buffer overflow in libtasn1 allowed remote
    attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

    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-12-2015-204=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-204=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-204=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libtasn1-debuginfo-3.7-4.1
      • libtasn1-debugsource-3.7-4.1
      • libtasn1-devel-3.7-4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libtasn1-3.7-4.1
      • libtasn1-6-3.7-4.1
      • libtasn1-6-debuginfo-3.7-4.1
      • libtasn1-debuginfo-3.7-4.1
      • libtasn1-debugsource-3.7-4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (s390x x86_64):
      • libtasn1-6-32bit-3.7-4.1
      • libtasn1-6-debuginfo-32bit-3.7-4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • libtasn1-3.7-4.1
      • libtasn1-6-3.7-4.1
      • libtasn1-6-32bit-3.7-4.1
      • libtasn1-6-debuginfo-3.7-4.1
      • libtasn1-6-debuginfo-32bit-3.7-4.1
      • libtasn1-debuginfo-3.7-4.1
      • libtasn1-debugsource-3.7-4.1

    References: