Security update for rsync

SUSE Security Update: Security update for rsync
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0176-1
Rating: moderate
References: #900914 #915410
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

  • An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    This update for rsync fixes two security issues:

    - CVE-2014-8242: Checksum collisions leading to a denial of service
    (bsc#900914)
    - CVE-2014-9512: Malicious servers could send files outside of the
    transferred directory (bsc#915410)

    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 for VMWare 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-rsync-12344=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-rsync-12344=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-rsync-12344=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp4-rsync-12344=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-rsync-12344=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-rsync-12344=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-rsync-12344=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • rsync-3.0.4-2.49.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • rsync-3.0.4-2.49.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • rsync-3.0.4-2.49.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
      • rsync-3.0.4-2.49.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • rsync-3.0.4-2.49.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • rsync-debuginfo-3.0.4-2.49.1
      • rsync-debugsource-3.0.4-2.49.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • rsync-debuginfo-3.0.4-2.49.1
      • rsync-debugsource-3.0.4-2.49.1

    References: