Security update for conntrack-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1683-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

Fix a possible crash if conntrackd sees DCCP, SCTP and ICMPv6 traffic and the corresponding kernel modules that track this traffic are not available. (bsc#942149, CVE-2015-6496)

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 High Availability Extension 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch slehasp3-conntrack-tools-12115=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch slehasp3-conntrack-tools-12115=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slehasp4-conntrack-tools-12115=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slehasp4-conntrack-tools-12115=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • conntrack-tools-1.0.0-0.9.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3 (x86_64)
    • conntrack-tools-1.0.0-0.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • conntrack-tools-1.0.0-0.9.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • conntrack-tools-1.0.0-0.9.1

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