Security update for libwmf

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1378-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

libwmf was updated to fix four security issues.

These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2015-4588: Heap-based buffer overflow in the DecodeImage function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted "run-length count" in an image in a WMF file (bsc#933109). - CVE-2015-0848: Heap-based buffer overflow allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP image (bsc#933109). - CVE-2015-4696: Use-after-free vulnerability allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted WMF file to the (1) wmf2gd or (2) wmf2eps command (bsc#936062). - CVE-2015-4695: meta.h allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted WMF file (bsc#936058).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sledsp3-libwmf-12027=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sledsp4-libwmf-12027=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sdksp3-libwmf-12027=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libwmf-12027=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64 i586)
    • libwmf-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • libwmf-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libwmf-gnome-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
    • libwmf-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
    • libwmf-devel-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (ia64)
    • libwmf-gnome-x86-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
    • libwmf-x86-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • libwmf-32bit-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
    • libwmf-gnome-32bit-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libwmf-gnome-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
    • libwmf-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
    • libwmf-devel-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (ia64)
    • libwmf-gnome-x86-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
    • libwmf-x86-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • libwmf-32bit-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1
    • libwmf-gnome-32bit-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1

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