Security update for zlib

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:0004-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-9840 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9840 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9841 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9841 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9842 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9842 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9843 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9843 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for zlib fixes the following issues:

CVE-2016-9843: Big-endian out-of-bounds pointer (bsc#1013882)

CVE-2016-9842: Undefined Left Shift of Negative Number (bsc#1003580)

CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841: Out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c (bsc#1003579)

Incompatible declarations for external linkage function deflate (bsc#1003577)

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 Desktop 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-3=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-3=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-3=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-3=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • zlib-debugsource-1.2.8-6.3.1
    • libz1-debuginfo-1.2.8-6.3.1
    • libz1-debuginfo-32bit-1.2.8-6.3.1
    • libz1-1.2.8-6.3.1
    • libz1-32bit-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • zlib-devel-static-1.2.8-6.3.1
    • zlib-devel-1.2.8-6.3.1
    • zlib-debugsource-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (s390x x86_64)
    • zlib-devel-32bit-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libz1-debuginfo-1.2.8-6.3.1
    • zlib-debugsource-1.2.8-6.3.1
    • libz1-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • libz1-debuginfo-32bit-1.2.8-6.3.1
    • libz1-32bit-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libz1-debuginfo-1.2.8-6.3.1
    • zlib-debugsource-1.2.8-6.3.1
    • libz1-1.2.8-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (s390x x86_64)
    • libz1-debuginfo-32bit-1.2.8-6.3.1
    • libz1-32bit-1.2.8-6.3.1

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