Security update for socat
SUSE Security Update: Security update for socat
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2016:0344-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #938913 #964844 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.
Description:
This update for socat fixed the following issues:
- bsc#964844: Fixed security advisory 8, Stack overflow in parser,
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/01/5.
- bsc#938913: Improved resilience against Logjam attacks (CVE-2015-4000)
by increasing the size of the default DH group from 512 to 2048 bit.
This change avoids the non-prime 1024 bit DH p parameter in OpenSSL
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv7.html.
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 12-SP1:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-209=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-209=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-209=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-209=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
- socat-1.7.2.4-3.1
- socat-debuginfo-1.7.2.4-3.1
- socat-debugsource-1.7.2.4-3.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
- socat-1.7.2.4-3.1
- socat-debuginfo-1.7.2.4-3.1
- socat-debugsource-1.7.2.4-3.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):
- socat-1.7.2.4-3.1
- socat-debuginfo-1.7.2.4-3.1
- socat-debugsource-1.7.2.4-3.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
- socat-1.7.2.4-3.1
- socat-debuginfo-1.7.2.4-3.1
- socat-debugsource-1.7.2.4-3.1