Security update for bsdtar

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1939-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2015-8918 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2015-8920 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2015-8921 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2015-8924 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-4809 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Cloud 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 2.1
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3

An update that solves seven vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

bsdtar was updated to fix seven security issues.

These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2015-8929: Memory leak in tar parser (bsc#985669). - CVE-2016-4809: Memory allocate error with symbolic links in cpio archives (bsc#984990). - CVE-2015-8920: Stack out of bounds read in ar parser (bsc#985675). - CVE-2015-8921: Global out of bounds read in mtree parser (bsc#985682). - CVE-2015-8924: Heap buffer read overflow in tar (bsc#985609). - CVE-2015-8918: Overlapping memcpy in CAB parser (bsc#985698). - CVE-2015-2304: Reject absolute paths in input mode of bsdcpio exactly when '..' is rejected (bsc#920870).

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 Point of Service 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sleposp3-bsdtar-12672=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-bsdtar-12672=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2
    zypper in -t patch slessp2-bsdtar-12672=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-bsdtar-12672=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-bsdtar-12672=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-bsdtar-12672=1
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3
    zypper in -t patch slestso13-bsdtar-12672=1
  • SUSE Cloud 5
    zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-bsdtar-12672=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 2.1
    zypper in -t patch sleman21-bsdtar-12672=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1
    zypper in -t patch slemap21-bsdtar-12672=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libarchive-devel-2.5.5-9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (s390x x86_64 i586)
    • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586)
    • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 (x86_64)
    • libarchive-devel-2.5.5-9.1
  • SUSE Cloud 5 (x86_64)
    • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 2.1 (s390x x86_64)
    • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1 (x86_64)
    • libarchive2-2.5.5-9.1

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