SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2017:0582-1)

This update for xen fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-5973: A infinite loop while doing control transfer in xhcikickepctx allowed privileged user inside the guest to crash the host process resulting in DoS bsc1025188 - CVE-2016-10155: The virtual hardware watchdo...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0575-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to 4.4.49 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-7117: Use-after-free vulnerability in the sysrecvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to execute...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : util-linux (SUSE-SU-2017:0553-1)

This update for util-linux fixes a number of bugs and two security issues. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-5011: Infinite loop DoS in libblkid while parsing DOS partition bsc988361 - CVE-2017-2616: In su with PAM support it was possible for local users to send SIGKILL to...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : util-linux (SUSE-SU-2017:0555-1)

This update for util-linux fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2017-2616: In su with PAM support it was possible for local users to send SIGKILL to selected other processes with root privileges bsc1023041. The update package also includes non-security fixes. See...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : java-1_7_0-openjdk (SUSE-SU-2017:0490-1)

This update for java-170-openjdk fixes the following issues : - Oracle Critical Patch Update of January 2017 to OpenJDK 7u131 bsc1020905 : - Security Fixes - S8138725: Add options for Javadoc generation - S8140353: Improve signature checking - S8151934, CVE-2017-3231: Resolve class resolution -...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : tigervnc (SUSE-SU-2017:0519-1)

This update for tigervnc provides the following fixes : - Prevent malicious server from crashing a server via a buffer overflow, a similar flaw as the LibVNCServer issues CVE-2016-9941 and CVE-2016-9942.. bsc1019274 - CVE-2016-10207: Prevent potential crash due to insufficient clean-up after...

openSUSE Security Update : open-vm-tools (openSUSE-2017-276)

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues : - Updated to 10.1.0 stable release boo1011057 + vmware-namespace-cmd command line utility. + gtk3 support + Common Agent Framework CAF + guest authentication with xmlsec1 + FreeBSD support + sub-command to push updated network information...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ppp (SUSE-SU-2017:0474-1)

The ppp package was updated to fix the following security issue : - CVE-2015-3310: Fixed a buffer overflow in radius plug-in's rcmksid bsc927841. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA LTSS kernel was updated to 3.12.61 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following feature was implemented : - The ext2 filesystem got reenabled and supported to allow support for 'XIP' Execute In Place FATE320805. The following security bugs were fixed : -...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libXpm (SUSE-SU-2017:0467-1)

This update for libXpm fixes the following issues : - A heap overflow in XPM handling could be used by attackers supplying XPM files to crash or potentially execute code. bsc1021315 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : openssl (SUSE-SU-2017:0461-1)

This update for openssl fixes the following issues contained in the OpenSSL Security Advisory 26 Jan 2017 bsc1021641 Security issues fixed : - CVE-2016-7056: A local ECSDA P-256 timing attack that might have allowed key recovery was fixed bsc1019334 - CVE-2016-8610: A remote denial of service in...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : java-1_8_0-ibm (SUSE-SU-2017:0460-1)

This update for java-180-ibm to version 8.0-4.0 fixes a lot of security issues bsc1024218: Following CVEs are fixed: CVE-2016-5552 CVE-2017-3231 CVE-2017-3241 CVE-2017-3253 CVE-2017-3259 CVE-2017-3261 CVE-2017-3272 CVE-2017-3289 CVE-2016-2183 CVE-2016-5547 CVE-2016-5548 CVE-2016-5549 CVE-2017-325...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : openssl (SUSE-SU-2017:0441-1)

This update for openssl fixes the following issues contained in the OpenSSL Security Advisory 26 Jan 2017 bsc1021641 Security issues fixed : - CVE-2016-7055: The x8664 optimized montgomery multiplication may produce incorrect results bsc1009528 - CVE-2017-3731: Truncated packet could crash via OO...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : tiff (SUSE-SU-2017:0453-1)

This update for tiff fixes the following issues : - A crafted TIFF image could cause a crash and potential code execution when processed by the 'tiffcp' utility CVE-2017-5225, bsc1019611. Also a regression from the version update to 4.0.7 was fixed in handling TIFFTAGFAXRECVPARAMS. bsc1022103 Not...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : opus (SUSE-SU-2017:0436-1)

This update for opus fixes the following issues : - CVE-2017-0381: Fixed a remote code execution vulnerability in silk/NLSFstabilize.c when playing certain media files bsc1020102 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : expat (SUSE-SU-2017:0424-1)

This update for expat fixes the following security issues : - CVE-2012-6702: Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XMLSetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, made it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the sran...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2017:0427-1)

MozillaFirefox 45 ESR was updated to 45.7 to fix the following issues bsc1021991 : - MFSA 2017-02/CVE-2017-5378: Pointer and frame data leakage of JavaScript objects bsc1021818 - MFSA 2017-02/CVE-2017-5396: Use-after-free with Media Decoder bsc1021821 - MFSA 2017-02/CVE-2017-5386: WebExtensions c...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : mariadb (SUSE-SU-2017:0411-1)

This mariadb version update to 10.0.29 fixes the following issues : - CVE-2017-3318: unspecified vulnerability affecting Error Handling bsc1020896 - CVE-2017-3317: unspecified vulnerability affecting Logging bsc1020894 - CVE-2017-3312: insecure error log file handling in mysqldsafe, incomplete...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : mariadb (SUSE-SU-2017:0412-1)

This mariadb version update to 10.0.29 fixes the following issues : - CVE-2017-3318: unspecified vulnerability affecting Error Handling bsc1020896 - CVE-2017-3317: unspecified vulnerability affecting Logging bsc1020894 - CVE-2017-3312: insecure error log file handling in mysqldsafe, incomplete...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : spice (SUSE-SU-2017:0400-1)

This security update for spice fixes the following issues : - CVE-2016-9577: A buffer overflow in the spice server could have potentially been used by unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code. bsc1023078 CVE-2016-9578: Unauthenticated attackers could have caused a denial of service via...