Security update for libgit2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2969-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-8568 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-8569 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

libgit2 was updated to fix two security issues.

These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2016-8568: Read out-of-bounds in git_oid_nfmt (bsc#1003810). - CVE-2016-8569: DoS caused by a NULL pointer dereference in git_commit_message (bsc#1003810).

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 Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2016-1741=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2 (x86_64)
    • libgit2-24-debuginfo-0.24.1-3.1
    • libgit2-24-0.24.1-3.1
    • libgit2-debugsource-0.24.1-3.1

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